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Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
2004 book by Nathan J. DeLong-Bas
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad is a 2004 book by academic Natana J. DeLong-Bas, published by Oxford University Press.
It is based "on a close study of the 14 volumes" of collected works of Wahhabism's founder, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and has been called "the first extensive explication of the theology" of Wahhabism.[1]
It is divided into sections: a brief religious biography and history of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, theology, Islamic law, women and Wahhabism, jihad and the evolution of Wahhabism.[2]
Critical reception
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad has been praised as a "monumental work ...
lucid and carefully documented",[3] "often fascinating", and presenting "a nuanced discussion of Wahhab's Quranic interpretation",[1] but also criticized as a "piece of scholarly trash"[4] and of "marke