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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “second imam of the imamate of tahart”. Today it says “second imam of the imamate of tahart and founder of the wahbi ibadism movement”.
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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam , was the second imam of the Imamate of Tahart and founder of the Wahbi Ibadism movement. He was part of the Rustamid dynasty that ruled a theocracy in Algeria . He became ruler after the death of his father, Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam and founded an external Islamic religious movement called Wahhabism relative to his name Abd al-Wahhab. His Ibadi Kharijite preaching is often incorrectly associated with the modern day Wahhabi movement .
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second imam of the imamate of tahart
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second imam of the imamate of tahart and founder of the wahbi ibadism movement
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