Wahhabi Islam : from revival and reform to global Jihad / Natana J. DeLong-Bas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeLong-Bas, Natana J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, 1703 or 1704-1792.

Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb.

Wahhābīyah.

Islamic fundamentalism--History.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islam--Doctrines.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (383 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 22, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-774182-7

0-19-971561-0

1-280-84099-4

0-19-803799-6

1-4294-2092-8

OCLC:

609840263