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100 1 _aAlshamsi, Mansoor Jassem.
245 1 0 _aIslam and political reform in Saudi Arabia :
_bthe quest for political change and reform /
_cMansoor Jassem Alshamsi.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_cc2011 ; 2014.
300 _aviii, 296 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aRoutledge studies in political Islam ;
_v4
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [282]-288) and index.
651 0 _aSaudi Arabia
_xPolitics and government
_y1982-
650 0 _aIslam and state
_zSaudi Arabia.
650 0 _aIslam and politics
_zSaudi Arabia.
650 0 _aSocial problems
_zSaudi Arabia.
650 0 _aOpposition (Political science)
_zSaudi Arabia.
650 0 _aDemocratization
_zSaudi Arabia.
035 _a(IMchF)fol11380198
520 _aThis 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.
505 0 _a1. 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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