Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia (The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia)

Huraian

With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden-one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world.