Yes, it would be quite difficult with Saudi oil money pouring down but let's handwaive the how.
How would the Middle East and Islam as a whole likely be affected if Sufism won the battle of dominance outside of the Arabian Peninsula?
 
Well, trying to justify it would overly complicate the purpose of the thread, which is why I handwaived it. A communist Saudi would bring about a m7ch different relationship with the rest of the world.
 
Maybe instead of handwaving it, something happens in Saudi Arabia to get rid of Wahhabiyya ? Say, a communist revolt.

The 1969 Nasserist coup in KSA is successful, it had taken place before the oil boom. The proposed Republic of the Arabian Penisnula still holds the holy cities.
 
Sufism is too varied. What particular strain of Sufism?
Agreed. Plus, until ibn Wahhab came along, Sufism functioned quite well as a part of traditional Sunni Islam - heck, even Shi'i Islam as well (correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC there are quite a few Sufi orders in Iran).
 
Agreed. Plus, until ibn Wahhab came along, Sufism functioned quite well as a part of traditional Sunni Islam - heck, even Shi'i Islam as well (correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC there are quite a few Sufi orders in Iran).

Well Sufi were just a group of Muslim that practiced some actions that other Muslims did not. It is just like Catholic religious orders. Sufism and mainstream Islam only come into conflict when a Sufi order makes their headmaster above a simply teacher or when Sufi blatantly ally with the Kuffar.
 
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