The common image of Saudi Arabia portrays a country where religious
rules dictate every detail of daily life: where women may not
drive; where unrelated men and women may not interact; where the
latter veil their faces; and where banks, restaurants and cafes
have dual facilities: one for families, another for men. Yet life
in the kingdom, contrary to perception, is not so clear cut as
simply obeying dogma. David Commins challenges the stereotype of a
country immune to change by highlighting the ways that
urbanization, education, consumerism, global communications and
technological innovation have exerted pressure against rules issued
by the religious establishment. He places the Wahhabi movement in
the wider context of Islamic history, showing how state-appointed
clerics built on dynastic backing to fashion a model society of
Sharia observance and moral virtue. But beneath a surface
appearance of obedience to Islamic authority he detects currents
that reflect Arabia's heritage of diversity (where Shi'i and Sufi
tendencies survive in the face of discrimination) and the effects
of its exposure to Western mores.
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