Commins, David Dean <br/><br/>
The Wahhabi mission and Saudi Arabia 
David Commins 
 - London ;  New York :  I.B. Tauris,  c2006. 
 - xi, 276 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845110802 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9781845110802 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006295872 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA557128  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013246008  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wahhābīyah--Saudi Arabia<br/>Islam and state--Saudi Arabia<br/>Islam and politics--Saudi Arabia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Saudi Arabia--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP195.W2  / C56 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.81409538