The mission and the kingdom
Subtitle: Wahhabi power behind the Saudi throne
By: David Commins
Contributors: Commins, David Dean
Edition: Revised paperback edition.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781784536824
Subjects: Wahhābīyah; Islam and state; Politics and government; Islam and politics
Description: "David Commins ... examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers original findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and its spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also assesses the challenge that radical militants within Saudi Arabia pose to the regions, as well as highlighting the new developments in Wahhabism in recent years, most notably its emergence in the radical Islamist movement ISIS."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "First published in paperback 2009 and hardback in 2006 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. as The Wahhabi mission and Saudi Arabia"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the new edition; title: Preface to the paperback edition; title: Preface; title: Map of Arabia; title: Introduction; title: Islam began as a stranger and will return as a stranger; title: Holding fast against idolatry; title: Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and the taming of Wahhabi zeal; title: Wahhabism in modern state; title: The Wahhabi mission and Islamic revivalism; title: Challenges to Wahhabi hegemony; title: Conclusion; title: Al al-Sheikh; title: Chronology; title: Glossary.