Circuits of Faith: Migration, Education, and the Wahhabi Mission

by Michael Farquhar

The Islamic University of Medina was established by the Saudi state in 1961 to provide religious instruction primarily to foreign students. Students would come to Medina for religious education and were then expected to act as missionaries, promoting an understanding of Islam in line with the core tenets of Wahhabism. By the early 2000s, more than 11,000 young men from across the globe had graduated from the Islamic University.

Circuits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804798354
• ISBN13: 9780804798358
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"