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− Africa; the school is dominant in most countries that were formerly Hanafi ± − part of the Turkish Empire and India. The school is mostly Hanbali ± − observed in Saudi Arabia and in Qatar. The school is dominant in Shafi’i − − Indonesia, Malaya, and the Philippines; it is also important in Egypt, where the and schools are also represented. Hanafi Maliki ± − − − A majority of the Muslims belong to the or Sunni Ahl-i-Hadith − ± − Traditionalist sect. They give particular importance to sayings and doings of the Holy Prophet as recorded in the various books of. Over the sa Ahadith ± − − years, many sects developed which took issues from some of the main beliefs of the traditionalists. Two of these sects are: Wahhabis and − − Ahmadis. ± − The Wahhabis − − The sect rose in the middle of the eighteenth century Wahhabi − − within the Arabian Peninsula. The movement was started by Wahhabi − − Muhammad bin ‘Abdul Wahhab (1703 -1793 AD) who was a native of ± − Najd, a province in north-central Arabia. He preached a strict puritanical Islam which forbade the veneration of the holy places, religious relics and − holy men. Amir Muhammad ibn Sa ud accepted beliefs and his ‘ Wahhabi − ± − − − descendants, the , did much to propagate and establish House of Sa ud ‘ − Wahhabi doctrines in Arabia and surrounding areas. During the spread of − − the political influence of the , numerous armed conflicts House of Sa ud ‘ − occurred with the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. Technically, the consider themselves to be Wahhabis − − "Non-imitators" or not attached to tradition ( ), and ghair muqallidin − therefore answerable to no School of Jurisprudence at all, observing instead what they call the practice of early Islam. However, to do so does − correspond to the ideal aimed at by , and thus they can be said Ibn Hanbal ± to belong to this "school". The Shi'ites The branch of Islam with doctrines significantly different Shi‘ah − 206