Islam and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Quest for Political Change and Reform

ISBN-13: 9781138780026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str.

Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi

Opis

This is an exploration of the discourse and performance, since the 1980s, of an influential Sunni Islamic scholarly and political movement in Saudi Arabia. The text shows how reformism is deeply rooted in Islamic tradition and how Sunni scholars have become acivists for change in Saudi Arabia.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Context  3. The Sunni Fiqh  4. Further Perspectives on the Sunni Fiqh  5. Intellectual Interaction  6. Political Struggle  7. Countering Policy in the 1990s  8. Petitions and Challenges  9. The Monarchy and Support  10. Appeasement  11. External Focus  12. Political Realism  13. Conclusion

O autorze

Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi, a political scientist working for the United Arab Emirates Government, received his PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter, UK, in 2004. The author of many research papers and studies on Middle Eastern affairs, US foreign policy and Islamic movements, Dr. Alshamsi emphasises the necessity of applying scientific and objective methods to the understanding of Middle Eastern politics.