The Mission and the Kingdom

ISBN: 9781784536824 出版年：2016 页码：306 David Commins Bloomsbury Publishing

In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emergroot Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics have dismissed this conservative interpretation of Islofficial creed of Saudi Arabia as an unorthodox innovation that manipulated a suggestible people to gain political influence. David Commins' book questions this assumption. He examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabregion, and draws conclusions which will concern all those who follow events in the Kingdom. The Wahhabi Mission and Saudi Arabia is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle East and Islamic radicalism today.