The Barelvis are peaceful and law abiding. The only "brainwashing" going on is when some idiot blows himself up in a bazar. Please note carefully, Barelvis don't do that.
The Barelvis follow the sunnah of Rasool(saws) to the letter, one of which is not to rebel and kill innocent people, things that other folks are experts at.
They are also hanafis.
Ignorant people "worship" graves, with the correct guidance that can be corrected. They are not taught the right way of wasilah. No Barelvi scholar tells them to bow to graves or worship them.
Your second point see above and no one tells them to beg at the graves of the walis of Allah.
The Prophet is described as "noor" in the Quran, that is the light of guidance. Some people again mistake this.
Seeking help from Sheikhs is an islamic tradition. There are fakes to be found in all walks of life.
I agree they shouldn't be called "Wahabi', as these people are filth and a disgrace to name of the Almighty. What they should be called, and what they increasingly are is "Najdis", where their beliefs originate from , and "Kwarij", which are clearly foretold in the hadith and relates to these folks.
If they followed the schools of thought, like you said, we wouldn't see them;
Raping women and children.
Bombing mosques, churches, bazars and buildings of all sorts.
Declaring all other Muslims kaffirs, something that has been done in this thread already.
Rebelling at any opportunity and killing those in authority among them.
Slaughtering non-Muslims wholesale.
Defiling the graves of Allah's friends.
Forbidding education to all, especially females.
And their crimes are so numerous we can be here all night.
I'm sure any sane individual would take an misguided fellow that does mistaken things out of his love for the saints and his Prophet(saws), over a cold blooded murderer, who in his hatred slaughters people.
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