[weikel]

No vodoo dolls in Wahabbism. They were even itching to destroy the tomb of Mohammed as idolatrous but they got word from the Sultan that the full force of the Ottoman armies would come down on them if they did that. Given that like most fanatics they respect force if they believe the will to use it is there they backed down.

[swarthyguy]

Gardens of Riyadh wrecked too when the wahhabs stormed in.

AngKor Wat, Buddhist and Hindu temples, en garde.

[SandfleaCSC]

Even the Wahabbis are stock full to the brim with sorcery and magic, they separate it from what they consider idolatry. When I had the misfortune of being stationed there, I used to have so much fun at the locals expense. Give one of the goat-snugglers a long, hard stare and they would make the "sign of the EvilEye" and scamper off. It was a hoot.

Sharia law is a good example. Sharia law is nothing more than Arab tribal law. The moslems aren't quite bright enough to figure it out and go around trying to institute it in places where "desert law" just won't work.

[Angelus Errare]

The quote is of my own devising.

Regarding the first Wahhabis, they did indeed smash Mohammed's tomb along with a number of other holy sites in Mecca, which is why the Ottoman armies swept down upon them in 1818 and all but destroyed the Wahhabi faith. A tiny remnant survived in Central Arabia around Riyadh and eventually the British contracted the Wahhabis to help them overthrow the Ottoman Empire, putting House Saud on top of one of the planet's largest oil reserves.

Wahhabism can best be summed up with a couple of quotes from ummmah.net:

"Wahhabism was spread not through knowledge but through cruelty and bloodshed by ignorant people. Of the cruel who soaked their hands with blood in this way, the amir or Dar'iyya, Muhammad ibn Sa'ud, was the most stone-hearted."

I expect that the War on Terror will end when the US finishes what the Turks started nearly 200 years ago.