Circuits of Faith : Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission / Michael Farquhar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farquhar, Michael, Author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah--Influence.

Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah.

Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah--Foreign students.

Islamic religious education--Saudi Arabia.

Islamic religious education.

Wahhābīyah--Saudi Arabia--Influence.

Wahhābīyah.

Islam and state--Saudi Arabia.

Islam and state.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Islamic University of Medina was established by the Saudi state in 1961 to provide religious instruction primarily to foreign students. Students would come to Medina for religious education and were then expected to act as missionaries, promoting an understanding of Islam in line with the core tenets of Wahhabism. By the early 2000s, more than 11,000 young men from across the globe had graduated from the Islamic University. Circuits of Faith offers the first examination of the Islamic University and considers the efforts undertaken by Saudi actors and institutions to exert religious influence far beyond the kingdom's borders. Michael Farquhar draws on Arabic sources, including biographical materials, memoirs, syllabi, and back issues of the Islamic University journal, as well as interviews with former staff and students, to explore the institution's history and faculty, the content and style of instruction, and the trajectories and experiences of its students. Countering typical assumptions, Farquhar argues that the project undertaken through the Islamic University amounts to something more complex than just the one-way "export" of Wahhabism. Through transnational networks of students and faculty, this Saudi state-funded religious mission also relies upon, and has in turn been influenced by, far-reaching circulations of persons and ideas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Transformations in the Late Ottoman Hijaz

2. Wahhabi Expansion in Saudi-Occupied Mecca

3. National Politics and Global Mission

4. Migration and the Forging of a Scholarly Community

5. Rethinking Religious Instruction

6. A Wahhabi Corpus in Motion

7. Leaving Medina

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781503600270

1503600270

OCLC:

1178769939