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Awakening Islam: the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia

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Explores the political culture in Saudi Arabia, describing how the Middle Eastern country became a place of refuge for Islamist militants beginning in the 1950s, which led to a social movement that focused on political activism and local religious ideas, and discussing the effects of this social movement on Saudi society.
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hal-03394022 , version 1 (22-10-2021)

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Stéphane Lacroix. Awakening Islam: the politics of religious dissent in contemporary Saudi Arabia. Harvard University Press, pp.377, 2011. ⟨hal-03394022⟩
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