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The Wahhabi mission and Saudi Arabia David Commins

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, c2006.Description: xi, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781845110802
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.81409538 22
LOC classification:
  • BP195.W2 C56 2006
Summary: This is a definitive and authoritative account of the conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed it as a heretical innovation that manipulated a backward people to gain political control. David Commins dismisses the clichés, examines the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings as to how Wahhabism rose to dominance in Arabia and projected its influence in the Muslim world. He also assesses the challenges that it faces from radical militants within the Kingdom.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection 297.81409538 CO WA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0034286

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index.

This is a definitive and authoritative account of the conservative interpretation of Islam that is the official creed of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed it as a heretical innovation that manipulated a backward people to gain political control. David Commins dismisses the clichés, examines the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings as to how Wahhabism rose to dominance in Arabia and projected its influence in the Muslim world. He also assesses the challenges that it faces from radical militants within the Kingdom.

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