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, (10[1])who leveled the shrine of Zayd (10[1])ibn al-Khattab (10[1])and promoted monotheism (-5[1])in his Book of Tawhid (“tao-HEED”). This man signed a pact with the Emir of Diriyah (10[1])that emphasized (10[1])a return to “pure Islam.” For 10 points, (10[1])what Salafi revivalist names a fundamentalist movement (10[2])that dictated official Saudi policy (10[2])until 2022? ■END■ (10[2])

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