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 In many dozens of places throughout her book DeLong-Bas contradicts "preconceived notions" and "negative stereotypes"<ref name="DLB2004: 364">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 364</ref>{{#tag:ref|index has a subheading for "Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, negative stereotypes of"|group=Note}} of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, contrasting them with his level of expertise -- "a well-trained and widely traveled scholar and jurist";<ref name="DLB2004: 5">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 5</ref> his true beliefs, interests and approach—a devotion "to the concept of social justice”, concern with  "the protection of women and the poor";<ref name="DLB2004: 17">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 17</ref>  preference “to win converts through discussion, debate, and persuasion rather than force”,<ref name="DLB2004: 35">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 35</ref> call for  “fighting and military engagements” in the “struggle against unbelievers (''[[kuffar]]'') and hypocrites (''[[munafiq]]'')“ only as a “last resort” after “education and the call to Islam” had failed.<ref name="DLB2004: 33">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 33</ref>
-His enmity towards non-Muslims has also been overstated, DeLong-Bas believes. He did not "divide the world" into Wahhabis and non-Wahhabis.<ref name="DLB2004: 83">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 83</ref> And while he did "at times" make "vehement denunciations" of them, he "never called for their destruction or death“.<ref name="DLB2004: 61">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 61</ref>  "Even in the case of jihad, if Muslims find themselves in need” Ibn Abd al-Wahhab stated that “they may enter the territory of non-Muslims tribes that are friendly to them, [to take what they need] though only with the express permission of the imam.”
+His enmity towards non-Muslims has also been overstated, DeLong-Bas believes. He did not "divide the world" into Wahhabis and non-Wahhabis.<ref name="DLB2004: 83">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 83</ref> And while he did "at times" make "vehement denunciations" of them, he "never called for their destruction or death“.<ref name="DLB2004: 61">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 61</ref>  "Even in the case of jihad, if Muslims find themselves in need” Ibn Abd al-Wahhab stated that “they may enter the territory of non-Muslims tribes that are friendly to them, [to take what they need] though only with the express permission of the imam,” (i.e the jihad fighters' leader).
 <ref name="DLB2004: 82">[[#DLB2004|DeLong-Bas, ''Wahhabi Islam'', 2004]]: 82</ref>