Wahhābī Islam Facing the Challenges of Modernity
Dār al-Iftā in the Modern Saudi State
Biographical note
Muhammad K. Al Atawneh, Ph.D. (2004) in modern Islamic Studies, Ben Gurion University, is senior lecturer at Ben Gurion University. He has published extensively on Islamic law and society in contemporary Arab and Islamic worlds with an emphasis on Wahhāb Islam.
Readership
This book is primarily intended for researchers in Islamic studies, but will also interest non-specialists who want to learn about modern Islamic society.
Reviews
"[...] Muhammad Al Atawneh presents a convincing study informed by original sources like, among many others, Umm al-Qura newspaper and royal decrees. Many examples, a general index, and a number of useful appendices (translations of analyzed fatwas, organizational chart of Saudi ifta', glossary of Arabic terms) round off this insightful book."
Jens Kutscher for H-Soz-u-Kult, May 2012.
Jens Kutscher for H-Soz-u-Kult, May 2012.
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