1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Akhwan Movement

AKHWAN MOVEMENT, a religious revival or reform, confined mostly to the Nejd districts of Arabia. The term akhwan, or ikhwan, signifies &ldquo;brethren,&rdquo; and the tenets of the brotherhood are those of Wahabism revived and intensified (see ). The movement, recognized by Ibn Sa'ud, Emir of Nejd, had taken definite shape after 1910; and in 1921 it still seemed likely to have far-reaching effects upon the attitude of the people of Central Arabia towards other Arabian communities and even to the outer world.