Contesting the Saudi State: Islamic Voices from a New GenerationCambridge University Press, 2006 M11 30 - 308 pages The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printing, new communication technology, and global media, they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues, often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society. Drawing on classical religious sources, contemporary readings and interviews, Al-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest, exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political. Bridging the gap between text and context, the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends, and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them. |
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abominable punishment reform ahfad al-sahaba ahl al-tawhid al-da wa al-najdiyya al-dini takfir takfir al-hall al-munkar iqamat al-hadd al-shahid zakat blasphemy debauched religious opinion despot dhal dhalal dissociation from infidels duat elite entire society mass excommunication fard fasiq fasiq fatwa fiqh fitna gone astray hakim heresy hizb ibadat ijtihad islah jazirat jihad jurisprudence kafir Kharijites khawarij khuruj ala al-hakim kifaya kufr l-maruf wa l-nahy l-nahy an al-munkar Madawi Al-Rasheed madhhab maslaha Mecca munafiq mushrik Muslim mutawaa naqidh lil islam National Dialogue Forum nawaqidh al-Islam notable blasphemy nukhba ostracisation of innovators political polytheists Prohibition of Vice Promotion of Virtue protected contractual relationship qiyas Quran religious opinion issued ruler book ruler sovereignty ruling knowledge secular Saudi Arabia shabab sharia sharia expert sharia sheikh shirk sins society mass excommunication sufficient number Sunnis lit taghut tajdid takfir taraju at qasriyya tawhid tradition literally decision ulama umami umami umma usurper dissociation Virtue and Prohibition wala al-wala