TY  - BOOK
AU  - Commins,David Dean
TI  - The Wahhabi mission and Saudi Arabia
SN  - 9781845110802
AV  - BP195.W2 C56 2006
U1  - 297.81409538 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Wahhābīyah
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -