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 was condemned as being shirk by this man, who leveled the shrine of Zayd ibn al-Khattab and promoted monotheism in his Book of Tawhid (“tao-HEED”). This man signed a pact with the Emir of Diriyah that emphasized a return to “pure Islam.” For 10 points, what Salafi revivalist names a fundamentalist (10[1])movement (10[1])that dictated (10[1])official Saudi policy (10[1])until 2022? ■END■

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