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

by Stéphane Lacroix

Book Overview

Amidst the roil of war and instability across the Middle East, the West is still searching for ways to understand the Islamic world. St phane Lacroix has now given us a penetrating look at the political dynamics of Saudi Arabia, one of the most opaque of Muslim countries and the place that gave birth to Osama bin Laden.

The result is a history that has never been told before. Lacroix shows how thousands of Islamist militants from Egypt,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• 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"