Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) aroused great controversy
in his lifetime. More than two centuries after his death he still
elicits strong views. For some he is the model of a pious religious
activist who fought to establish a regime of Islamic godliness in
the least promising of environments. For others, especially Muslims
associated with mystic orders or who belong to the Shi'i branch of
Islam, he is a hate figure. Few would contest that he shaped the
Muslim world. For over two hundred and fifty years the Wahhabi
religious movement has rested on the twin pillars of a clear,
compelling credo and an indissoluble alliance with temporal power
in Arabia. Absolutist, uncompromising theology and political and
religious ambition combined to make it the dominant force there,
turning its champions, the Al Sa'ud clan, from petty rulers of a
middle-sized settlement with a talent for balancing interests, into
the guardians of Islam's Holy Places, disposing of the earth's
greatest identified oil reserves. This thought-provoking and
incisive biography, which charts the relationship between religious
doctrine, political power and events on the ground, is ideal for
readers interested in uncovering the life and convictions of the
man who founded the Wahhabi movement and a dynastic alliance
between his clerical descendants and Saudi princes that has lasted
to the present day.
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