Coffee-shops take the place of spirit and wine shops, which in the strict Wahabi country would not be, for a moment, tolerated.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent
Church decoration is an abomination to the Wahabi; therefore, in Bahrein the mosques are little better than barns with low minarets, for the very tall ones of other Mohammedan sects are forbidden.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent
Our host, we soon learnt, rather to our dismay, was a most rigid ascetic-a Wahabi to the backbone.
"Southern Arabia"
Theodore Bent Mabel Bent