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Islam and political reform in Saudi Arabia : the quest for political change and reform / Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in political Islam ; 4Publication details: New York : Routledge, c2011 ; 2014.Description: viii, 296 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781138780026
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 953.805/3 22
LOC classification:
  • DS244.63 .A45 2011
Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Context 3. The Sunni Fiqh 4. Further Perspectives on the Sunni Fiqh 5. Intellectual Interaction 6. Political Struggle 7. Countering Policy in the 1990s 8. Petitions and Challenges 9. The Monarchy and Support 10. Appeasement 11. External Focus 12. Political Realism 13. Conclusion.
Summary: This is an exploration of the discourse and performance, since the 1980s, of an influential Sunni Islamic scholarly and political movement in Saudi Arabia. The text shows how reformism is deeply rooted in Islamic tradition and how Sunni scholars have become acivists for change in Saudi Arabia.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection 953.8053 AL IS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0014388

Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-288) and index.

This is an exploration of the discourse and performance, since the 1980s, of an influential Sunni Islamic scholarly and political movement in Saudi Arabia. The text shows how reformism is deeply rooted in Islamic tradition and how Sunni scholars have become acivists for change in Saudi Arabia.

1. Introduction 2. Context 3. The Sunni Fiqh 4. Further Perspectives on the Sunni Fiqh 5. Intellectual Interaction 6. Political Struggle 7. Countering Policy in the 1990s 8. Petitions and Challenges 9. The Monarchy and Support 10. Appeasement 11. External Focus 12. Political Realism 13. Conclusion.

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