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===Shi'i Islam===
===Shi'i Islam===


DeLong-Bas states that "although it is often asserted" that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was "adamantly opposed to Shiism", he only "denounced" some practices of theirs and "never specifically mentioned the Shia by name" except in one treatise where he "targeted only one particular extremist sect, the Rafidah".<ref name="DLB2004: 22">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 22</ref>{{#tag:ref|DeLong-Bas writes  that "Although it is often asserted that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was adamantly opposed to Shiism, he specifically targeted only one particular extremist sect, the Rafidah in one only treatise."<ref name="DLB2004: 22">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 22<P> But she also writes that "Historically the Hanbalis were in fact opposed to Shiism. Ibn Abd al-Wahhab himself found certain beliefs and practices of Shiis to violate the key doctrine of monotheism."<ref name="DLB2004: 84">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 84</ref>|group=Note}}
DeLong-Bas states that "although it is often asserted" that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was "adamantly opposed to Shiism", he only "denounced" some practices of theirs and "never specifically mentioned the Shia by name" except in one treatise where he "targeted only one particular extremist sect, the Rafidah".<ref name="DLB2004: 22">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 22</ref>{{#tag:ref|DeLong-Bas writes  that "Although it is often asserted that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was adamantly opposed to Shiism, he specifically targeted only one particular extremist sect, the Rafidah in one only treatise."<ref name="DLB2004: 22">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 22</ref><P> But she also writes that "Historically the Hanbalis were in fact opposed to Shiism. Ibn Abd al-Wahhab himself found certain beliefs and practices of Shiis to violate the key doctrine of monotheism."<ref name="DLB2004: 84">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 84</ref>|group=Note}}


She goes on to say that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab opposed [[Shia]] doctrine of  
She goes on to say that Ibn Abd al-Wahhab opposed [[Shia]] doctrine of  

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