Wahhabi Islam From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad

Name: Wahhabi Islam From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
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ISBN: 9780195169911

ISBN-10: 0195169913

ISBN-13: 9780195169911

Edition: 2004

Authors: Natana J. Delong-Bas, Natana J. Delong-Bas

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Before 9/11, few Westerners had heard of Wahhabism. Today, it is a household word. Frequently mentioned in association with Osama bin Laden, Wahhabism is portrayed by the media and public officials as an intolerant, puritanical, militant interpretation of Islam that calls for the wholesale destruction of the West in a jihad of global proportions. In the first study ever undertaken of the writings of Wahhabism's founder, Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1702-1791), Natana DeLong-Bas shatters these stereotypes and misconceptions. Her reading of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's works produces a revisionist thesis: Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was not the godfather of contemporary terrorist movements. Rather, he was a…

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List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the origins of Wahhabism : the eighteenth-century context



The theology and worldview of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab



Islamic law : separation of the divine from the human



Women and Wahhabis : in defense of women's rights



Jihad : call to Islam or call to violence?



The trajectory of Wahhabism : from revival and reform to global jihad