alt. Wahabi - fundamentalist, exclusionary, militant sect of Islam in the territory of Saudi Arabia; since the late 18th century, the Wahhabis have been allied with the Sauds
a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam; "Ossama bin Laden is said to be a Wahhabi Muslim"