The mission and the kingdom : Wahhabi power behind the Saudi throne / / David Commins
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| Autore: |
Commins David Dean
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| Titolo: |
The mission and the kingdom : Wahhabi power behind the Saudi throne / / David Commins
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 297.09538 |
| Soggetto topico: | Radicalism - Saudi Arabia |
| Wahhabiyah - Saudi Arabia | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Saudi Arabia Religion |
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Map of Arabia -- Introduction -- Islam Began as a Stranger and Will Return a Stranger -- Holding Fast Against Idolatry -- Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and the Taming of Wahhabi Zeal -- Wahhabism in a Modern State -- The Wahhabi Mission and Islamic Revivalism -- Challenges to Wahhabi Hegemony -- Conclusion -- Al al-Sheikh -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins' book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabia pose to the region, and draws conclusions which will concern all those who follow events in the Kingdom. The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East and Islamic radicalism today."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The mission and the kingdom |
| ISBN: | 1-350-98893-6 |
| 1-83860-952-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910793402403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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