Kingdom without borders : Saudi political, religious and media frontiers

By:

Al-Rasheed Madawi

Contributor(s):

Publication details: London Foundation Books 2008Description: 383p viiiISBN:

9781850659426

Subject(s):

1. Religion & Politics - Saudi Arabia2. Islamic Fundamentalism - Saudi Arabia3. Saudi Arabia - Politics & Government - 1932 4. Saudi Arabia - Foreign Relations - 1932

DDC classification:

953.805000 ALR

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Introduction : an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion / Madawi Al-Rasheed; PART I. Politics beyond frontiers; 1. Between imara, empire and oil : Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf / Nelida Fuccaro; 2. Saudi expansion : the Lebanese connection, 1924-1952 / Fawwaz Traboulsi; 3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon : the post-civil war years / As'ad Abu Khalil; 4. Ambivalent ally : Saudi Arabia and the 'war on terror' / Roger Hardy; 5. Producing 'reformed Islam' : a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance / Salwa Ismail; 6. Kingdom with borders : the political economy of Saudi-European relations / Paul Aarts, Roos Meertens and Joris van Duijne; PART II. The prospects and limits of religious expansion; 7. The refutation of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 1745-1932 / Hamadi Redissi; 8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia / Saeed Shehabi; 9. The minaret and the palace : obedience at home and rebellion abroad / Madawi Al-Rasheed; 10. Yusuf al-Uyairi and the transnationalisation of Saudi jihadism / Roel Meijer; 11. Salafism in Yemen : a 'Saudisation'? / Laurent Bonnefoy; 12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Arabised Islam in Indonesia / Noorhaidi Hasan; 13. The 'Arab' in global militancy / Faisal Devji; 14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States : half-hearted missionary work meets rock-solid resistance Eleanor Abdella Doumato; PART III. The media and multiple actors; 15. Saudi Arabia's media mask / Mai Yamani; 16. Maintaining Saudi Arabia's cordon sanitaire in the Arab media / Andrew Hammond; 17. Bedouinisation or liberalisation of culture? : the paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media / Noha Mellor; Index.

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Contents:
Acknowledgements;
List of contributors;
Introduction : an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion / Madawi Al-Rasheed;
PART I. Politics beyond frontiers;
1. Between imara, empire and oil : Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf / Nelida Fuccaro;
2. Saudi expansion : the Lebanese connection, 1924-1952 / Fawwaz Traboulsi;
3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon : the post-civil war years / As'ad Abu Khalil;
4. Ambivalent ally : Saudi Arabia and the 'war on terror' / Roger Hardy;
5. Producing 'reformed Islam' : a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance / Salwa Ismail;
6. Kingdom with borders : the political economy of Saudi-European relations / Paul Aarts, Roos Meertens and Joris van Duijne;
PART II. The prospects and limits of religious expansion;
7. The refutation of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 1745-1932 / Hamadi Redissi;
8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia / Saeed Shehabi;
9. The minaret and the palace : obedience at home and rebellion abroad / Madawi Al-Rasheed;
10. Yusuf al-Uyairi and the transnationalisation of Saudi jihadism / Roel Meijer;
11. Salafism in Yemen : a 'Saudisation'? / Laurent Bonnefoy;
12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Arabised Islam in Indonesia / Noorhaidi Hasan;
13. The 'Arab' in global militancy / Faisal Devji;
14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States : half-hearted missionary work meets rock-solid resistance Eleanor Abdella Doumato;
PART III. The media and multiple actors;
15. Saudi Arabia's media mask / Mai Yamani;
16. Maintaining Saudi Arabia's cordon sanitaire in the Arab media / Andrew Hammond;
17. Bedouinisation or liberalisation of culture? : the paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media / Noha Mellor;
Index.

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