The Jihadi Who Kept Asking Why. Elizabeth Rubin.
by Rubin, Elizabeth; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 43Global Issues. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Islam and politics | Islamic fundamentalism -- Saudi Arabia | Jihad | Journalists -- Saudi Arabia | Reformers | Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government | Saudi Arabia -- Religion | Saudi Arabia -- Royal family | WahhabiyahDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As many Saudis themselves will tell you, theirs is not a society accustomed to self-reflection. Critical thinking is discouraged. Obedience to the king is the unwritten constitution of the land; as the clerics say, it's God's law. The Saudi dynasty and the Wahhabi clerics mutually reinforce each other's authority....Under the strains of modernization, unemployment and terrorism, that covenant is beginning to fray." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article profiles Mansour al-Nogaidan, a former jihadi who desires religious, political and social reform in Saudi Arabia, a movement which is gaining momentum but faces much opposition from the royal family, Wahhabi clerics and Islamic radicals. Background details about the relationship between Islam, power and politics in Saudi Arabia are included.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Jihadi Who Kept Asking Why, March 7, 2004; pp. 34+.
"As many Saudis themselves will tell you, theirs is not a society accustomed to self-reflection. Critical thinking is discouraged. Obedience to the king is the unwritten constitution of the land; as the clerics say, it's God's law. The Saudi dynasty and the Wahhabi clerics mutually reinforce each other's authority....Under the strains of modernization, unemployment and terrorism, that covenant is beginning to fray." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article profiles Mansour al-Nogaidan, a former jihadi who desires religious, political and social reform in Saudi Arabia, a movement which is gaining momentum but faces much opposition from the royal family, Wahhabi clerics and Islamic radicals. Background details about the relationship between Islam, power and politics in Saudi Arabia are included.
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