WAHHABI ISLAM
Description
What were the origins of the movement often touted as the intellectual and spiritual inspiration for Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda? It was Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's pact with the leaders of the Saudi tribe which lay the foundations for Saudi expansion and success. And it is the Wahhabi disillusionment with modern Saudi Arabia which now threatens the stability of the state. Using original research, this first biography of the sect's founder presents the potentially controversial argument that the modern notion of Wahhabism (as ascetic, puritanical and narrow-minded) distorts M I a Wahhab's teachings, which were far more modernist, tolerant and broadminded. But, as the author demonstrates, his ideas were distorted by his followers into the movement that still carries his name today.
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Book Details
- ISBN: 1845113223
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- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2004
- Number of Pages: 370
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- Publisher: I B TAURIS
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.67 g
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