Isn&#x27;t it funny that Wahabbists hate being called that ?<p>They get really agitated and say we&#x27;re not Wahabbis we&#x27;re just true muslims.<p>One interesting theory I read is that 19th Century Islam was forced to confront the reality that they had declined while Europe had soared.<p>In the ensuing conflict of ideas the one that won out was the thesis that the Islamic world had declined because they had gotten out of touch with the true values of Islam as practised by those at the time of the prophet.<p>Hence Salafism - Literally a return to the time of the prophet. Francis Fukuyama was laughed at for claiming the end of history a few years ago as he believed Western Democracy had achieved an eternal triumph.<p>What are we then to make of these people who believe that the end of history happened more than a thousand years ago ?