In the last few years wahhabi islam has emerged as the new international bogeyman accused of fostering terrorism it has become increasingly stigmatized in th. Wahhabi islam from revival and reform to global jihad is 2004 a book by academic natana j delong bas published by oxford university pressit is based on a close study of the 14 volumes of collected works of wahhabisms founder muhammad ibn abd al wahhab and has been called the first extensive explication of the theology of wahhabism it is divided into sections a brief religious . Wahhabi islam from revival and reform to global jihad wahhabi islam from revival and reform to global jihad by delong bas natana j publication date 2004 topics muhammad ibn abd al wahhab 1703 or 4 1792 wahhabiyah islamic fundamentalism history islam doctrines. Wahhabi islam from revival and reform to global jihad by natana j delong bas introduction post 9 11 wahhabism has been identified by governments political analysts and the media as the major islamic threat facing western civilization and the inspiration for osama bin laden and his al qaida network