Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad.(Book review)

Middle East Policy | March 22, 2006| | Copyright

Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad, by Natana J. Delong-Bas. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.384 pages. $35.00, hardcover.

In Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global dihad, Natana J. Delong-Bas raises the question whether militant extremism has its origins in the religious teachings of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the Wahhabi version of Islam. This is a significant question, given that in the post-9/11 world many in the West have associated extremism and violence with Islam in general and with Wahhabi Islam in ...

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