" Ulama" and politics in Saudi Arabia
The author shows how a puritanical religious renaissance movement, the Wahhabiyya, led to the most theocratic state in the Sunni Muslim world, and how the "ulama" still control the judicial system in Saudi Arabia. He describes how the status of the "ulama" has gradually declined,...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Croom Helm
1984
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Islam and politics in the modern Middle East
Year: 1984, Pages: 29-63 |
Further subjects: | B
Saudi Arabia
B Islam B State B Saudi Arabia Islam Politics State Politische Führung (Gruppe) Politische Führung (Prozess) Ulama B Politics B Political leadership B Ulama |