Re: Islamic Revivalism - where it began, and where it's headed.
cat-woman:
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This trend as we can see today, spread across the world so fast, affecting Muslims from all backgrounds, and possibly a cause in the rise of Wahabiism?
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Let me give my honest perspective. The purpose is not to negate cat-woman or anyone else.
While some Wahhabi/Salafi ideas are what fan suicide bombings against civilians (I know many will disagree with that), the rise of Wahhabism has more to do with Saudi petro-money. Saudis built mosques in many developing/poor Islamic countries, used the time of Hajj to globalize their ideas by giving free booklets to pilgrims, and financially supported their followers everywhere in the world. Thus Saudi ideas were more "in" among Muslims.
So Islamic revivalism or attempts of Islamic Renaissance had started long before Saudi or Wahhabi ideals entered among Muslims. The peculiar Wahhabi teachings of sacrifice in the form of suicides etc. against any perceived enemy (inc. Muslims), only changed the direction this Renaissance would have followed in the absence of it.