Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia
Nabil Mouline
Abstract
Followers of Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, often considered to be Islam's Martin Luther, shaped the political and religious identity of the Saudi state while also enabling the significant worldwide expansion of Salafist Islam. Studies of the movement he inspired, however, have often been limited by scholars' insufficient access to key sources within Saudi Arabia. This book includes details from interviews and observations gathered from research in important Saudi archives. The text studies the Wahhabi religious movement from its founding to the modern day. Gleaning information from both written ... More
Keywords: Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, Islam, Saudi state, Salafist Islam, Wahhabi religious movement, Islamic studies
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300178906 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2015 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300178906.001.0001 |
