Awakening Islam [electronic resource] : the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia / Stéphane Lacroix ; translated by George Holoch.

Awakening Islam [electronic resource] : the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia / Stéphane Lacroix ; translated by George Holoch.

Islamistes saoudiens, une insurrection manquée. English

9780674061071 electronic book
9780674049642

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

English

Translated from the French.

1 online resource (373 p.) : map.

DS244.63 .L345 2011eb

320.5/5709538

Explores the political culture in Saudi Arabia, describing how the Middle Eastern country became a place of refuge for Islamist militants beginning in the 1950s, which led to a social movement that focused on political activism and local religious ideas, and discussing the effects of this social movement on Saudi society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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