Round 1: Tossup 12

In one conspiracy theory, this man’s movement was orchestrated by a British spy named Hempher who sought to destabilize the Ottoman Empire. This man’s brother refuted his beliefs in a treatise entitled “divine thunderbolts” and accused him of creating a sixth pillar of Islam. This man, who cut down the “most glorified of all the trees” in Uyayna, also allowed the stoning of a woman who had willingly confessed to repeated adultery. In the 18th century, the veneration of walis and their tombs (10[1])was condemned as being shirk by this man, who leveled the shrine of Zayd ibn (10[1])al-Khattab and promoted monotheism (10[1])in his Book of (10[1])Tawhid (“tao-HEED”). This man signed a pact with the Emir of Diriyah that emphasized a return to “pure Islam.” For 10 points, (10[1])what Salafi revivalist names (10[1])a fundamentalist movement that dictated official Saudi policy until 2022? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab [accept Wahhabism or Wahhabi]
<Brown, Religion> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B
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