Modern-day Saudi Arabia was established in 1932 after the unification of the majority areas of the Arabian peninsular under the rule of the al-Saud family. Modern Saudi Arabia is also the Third Saudi State because Saudis established two previous states in the 18 th and 19 th centuries. Saudis gained influence through the Salafi ideology of Islam, which is quite similar to the Puritan faith of the Christian religion. Brief History Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792) was a famous preacher and religious scholar of Najd (central Arabia). His teachings are mainly based on Islamic beliefs, where the emphases are on T awheed (monotheism) and rejection of shirk (polytheism), bidah (innovations in Islam), and supplication from anyone except Allah. His religious ideology was accepted by the Ibn-e- Saud family and both families allied. Under an agreement, Ibn Abdul Wahhab accepted the political supremacy of the al-Saud family in their captured areas, and the al-Saud family recognize
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