DeLong-Bas, Natana J.,

Wahhabi Islam : from revival and reform to global Jihad / Natana J. DeLong-Bas. - ix, 370 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-359) and index.

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.


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


Wahhābīyah.
Islamic fundamentalism--History.
Islam--Doctrines.

BP195.W2 / D45 2010