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Ibn ´Abd al-Wahhab
Michael Crawford
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Description for Ibn ´Abd al-Wahhab
Hardback. A biography on the founder of the Wahhabi movement and first Saudi state Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) aroused great controversy in his lifetime. More than two centuries after his death he still elicits strong views. For some he is the model of a pious religious activist who fought to establish a regime of Islamic godliness in the least promising of environments. For others, especially Muslims associated with mystic orders or who belong to the Shi`i branch of Islam, he is a hate figure. Few would contest that he shaped the Muslim world. For over two hundred and fifty years the Wahhabi religious movement has rested ... Read more
Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) aroused great controversy in his lifetime. More than two centuries after his death he still elicits strong views. For some he is the model of a pious religious activist who fought to establish a regime of Islamic godliness in the least promising of environments. For others, especially Muslims associated with mystic orders or who belong to the Shi`i branch of Islam, he is a hate figure. Few would contest that he shaped the Muslim world. For over two hundred and fifty years the Wahhabi religious movement has rested ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Makers of the Muslim World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780745893
SKU
V9781780745893
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About Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford is an independent consultant and writer on the Middle East. He served the British government in London and overseas, including in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen and Pakistan, from 1981 to 2009. He previously gained a First in Jurisprudence and an M.Phil in modern Middle Eastern studies from Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1978.
Reviews for Ibn ´Abd al-Wahhab
`Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab used to be one of the most misun-derstood Muslim clerics, and it is thanks to Michael Crawford's thorough and convincing arguments that we ought to see him in a different light... For a short book like this, it contains a surprising variety of historical and theological angles on the man, his time, influence and legacy reflecting ... Read more