What is your opinion of those who say that the Salafi and Wahhabi call is a call to extremism?

Question:
He says: What is your opinion of those who speak about the Salafi call and Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him), and say that the Salafi and Wahhabi call is a call to extremism, and that it is what caused the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in this age?

Answer:
It is not strange that the enemies say such a thing; they said it about the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). They said, "He reviles our gods and mocks our dreams." They called him a poet, a madman, and a liar. Is it strange that what was said about the call of their leader and role model, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), is said about the call of the scholars, reformers, and imams?
What do they find fault with in the Shaykh's call? The Shaykh did not call for anything new, nor did he innovate anything new. Rather, he called to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) called to: tawhid (the oneness of Allah), forbidding shirk (associating partners with Allah), ruling by what Allah has revealed, enjoining good and forbidding evil, and teaching people the matters of their religion. This is what the Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) did. If there is blame or censure in this, then let it be directed at the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And what caused the fitnah in this age is the deviation from the call of the reformers. What caused the fitnah is the deviation from the calls of the reformers, the deviation from the pious imams, the deviation from the people of knowledge, the deviation from the advisors, and following the people of desires and misguidance, and following the callers to evil. This is what caused the fitnah. Yes.