Awakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia

by Stéphane Lacroix

Book Overview

With unprecedented access to a closed culture, Lacroix offers an account of Islamism in Saudi Arabia. Tracing the last half-century of the Sahwa, or "Islamic Awakening," he explains the brand of Islam that gave birth to Osama bin Laden--one that has been exported, and dangerously misunderstood, around the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674049640
• ISBN13: 9780674049642
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"