Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia : Islam, Christianity, and politics entwined / Haggai Erlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erlikh, Ḥagai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--Saudi Arabia.

Religion and politics.

Religion and politics--Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is the significance of Islam's growing strength in Ethiopia? And what is the impetus for the Saudi financing of hundreds of new mosques and schools in the country, the establishment of welfare organizations, and the spread of the Arabic language? Haggai Erlich explores the interplay of religion and international politics as it has shaped the development of modern Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. Tracing Saudi-Ethiopian relations from the 1930s to the present, Erlich highlights the nexus of concrete politics and the conceptual messages of religion. His fresh approach encompasses discussions of the options and dilemmas facing Ethiopians, both Christians and Muslims, across multiple decades; the Saudis' nuanced conceptualization of their Islamic "self" in contrast to Christian and Islamic "others"; and the present confrontation between Ethiopia's apolitical Islam and Wahhabi fundamentalism. It also provides new perspectives on both the current dilemmas of the Wahhabi kingdom and the global implications of the evolving Saudi-Ethiopian relationship.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1-Politics and Religious Legacies: An Interplay""; ""Notes""; ""2-The Christian State and the Islamic State""; ""Haile Selassie: The Christian King""; ""Christian Ethiopian Concepts of Islam""; ""Harar and Islam in Ethiopia""; ""Wahhabi-Saudi and Arabian Concepts of Ethiopia""; ""Notes""; ""3-Camels for Mussolini""; ""Haile Selassie and Islam: Seeking Saudi Help""; ""Ibn Sa�ud, Arslan, and Ethiopia""; ""Ibn Sa�ud�s Dealings with Mussolini""; ""Humbling the Ethiopians, Helping the Fascists""

""“Leave the Ethiopians Alone�: The Saudi Interpretation""""Notes""; ""4-The Wahhabiyya and Ethiopia, 1936�1948""; ""The Fascists and the Politicization of Islam in Ethiopia""; ""The Hajj and Saudi Policy, 1936�1941""; ""Harar and Wahhabiyya, 1941�1942: Which Islam?""; ""The “Fraternal Strife of the Club� and the Fall of Political Islam in Harar, 1947�1948""; ""Notes""; ""5-The Saudis and the End of the Christian Kingdom""; ""Common Enemy: Revolutionary Arabism""; ""Ethiopian Christian Hegemony Revitalized""; ""Faysal�s Reinforcing of Wahhabism""

""Saudi Policy in the Horn up to 1967""""1967 as a Watershed""; ""Expel the Israelis, Enhance Islam""; ""Faysal and the Fall of Haile Selassie""; ""Notes""; ""6-Wahhabism and Communism: Mutual Demonization, 1974�1991""; ""Mangistu�s Ethiopia: The Marginalization of Religiosity""; ""1975�1979: The Saudis� Arabization of the Red Sea""; ""Mutual Concepts, 1977�1987""; ""1987�1991: Mangistu Welcomes the MWL""; ""Notes""; ""7-Wahhabism and Ethiopian Identity""; ""The Resurgence of Ethiopian Islam""; ""The Saudis and Today�s Ethiopia""; ""Saudi Contemporary Concepts of Ethiopia""

""Radicalization and Peripheries""""Ethiopian Responses""; ""Notes""; ""8-Local Dilemmas, Global Perspectives""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58826-998-1

OCLC:

1334344856