Saudi Arabia and the politics of dissent / Mamoun Fandy.

"Few books on Saudi Arabia use primary sources to examine internal Saudi dissent. In contrast, Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent relies on field work and the analysis of more than one hundred taped sermons by Saudi Islamic activists, examining their personal backgrounds, their rhetoric, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fandy, Mamoun, 1961-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Saudi Arabia > Politics and government. Government, Resistance to > Saudi Arabia. Arabie saoudite > Politique et gouvernement. Résistance au gouvernement > Arabie saoudite. Government, Resistance to. Politics and government Saudi Arabia.
Online Access:	(Table of contents) (Cataloging @ Library of Congress) (Contributor biographical information) (Cataloging @ Library of Congress) (Publisher description) (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Context: Concepts, Parameters, and History
Sheikh Safar al-Hawali, Geopolitics, and Islamic Dissent
Salman al-'Auda: A Preacher from the Heartland
Muhammed al-Mas'ari and The Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights (CDLR)
Sa'd al-Faqih and the Movement for the Islamic Reform in Arabia
Usama bin Laden and the Advice and Reform Committee
Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar and the Shi'a Reform Movement.