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The first settlement to be taken by the Wahhabiyyah, or Wahhabi, movement, Riyadh was conquered in the late 18th CE. Wahhabiyyah Islam is not truly a different sect of Islam, but is a movement within Islam. Its goal was to purify Islam back to its original state. Wahhabis, as they have become known, believe that things on earth should not be venerated, things like tombs, and that only God deserves our attention in such a manner. After taking Riyadh, the Wahhabiyyah movement began to control most of the Arabian Peninsula and eventually Mecca.