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It's all in keeping with the traditions of Wahhabism, a strict branch of Sunni Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah was laid to rest in an unmarked grave in a modest cemetery in Riyadh.

A fierce religious identity dominates the Sunni-majority nation, with principles of the Koran, conservative Sunni teachings known as Wahhabism and strict Islamic Shariah law present in all aspects ...

Since its foundation, the country has been aligned with a strict interpretation of Islamic law - Wahhabism. After an extremist uprising in 1979, those rules were enforced more rigidly. It has ...

Wahhabism’s interpretations have been linked to global terrorism, misrepresenting Islam as a violent religion.