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'''Militant Islam''' is a contentious term, often used by Western political commentators to describe the ideologies of groups viewed as participating in [[Islamist terrorism]]. In fact, both these terms share many of the same shortcomings. [[Muslims]] opposed to violent political agitation, and especially [[liberal movements within Islam]], find their implicit association of [[Islam]] with militancy and aggression to be unacceptable. However, the term has been used so (contracted; show full) live according to the strict dictates of Islam, which they interpreted to mean living in the manner that the prophet [[Muhammad]] and his followers had lived in during the seventh century in [[Medina]]. Consequently they were opposed to many innovations developed since that time, including the minaret, marked graves, and later television and radios. The Wahhabis also considered those Muslims who violated their strict interpretation to be heretics, and thus used violence against other Muslims. When King [[
Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia|Abdul Aziz al-Saud]] founded [[Saudi Arabia]], he brought the Wahhabists into power with him. With Saud's rise to prominence, Wahhabism spread, especially following the [[1973 oil crisis|1973 oil embargo]] and the glut of oil wealth that resulted for Saudi Arabia. The Wahhabists were proseltyizers, and made use of their wealth to spread their interpretation of Islam far and wide.

== Current movements ==

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==See also==
* [[Islam as a political movement]]
* [[List of Islamic terms in Arabic]]
* [[Jihad]]
* [[Qal3ah]], infamous for being the forums where announcements and discussions by Islamic extremists have taken place

[[Category:Islam]]