Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent
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Few books on Saudi Arabia deal with primary sources in examining internal Saudi dissent. In contrast, Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent relies on field work and the analysis of more than 100 taped sermons by Saudi Islamic activists, examining their personal backgrounds, their rhetoric, and their strategies. Mamoun Fandy traces the evolution of Islamic opposition in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the Gulf War and its aftermath and scrutinizing the works of Safar al Hawali and Salman al-Auda. He also documents the history of the Shi`a Reform Movement and its leader, Sheik Hassan al-Safar, of Mohammed al-Mas`ari and his Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights, of Sa'd al-Faqih and the Movement of Islamic Reform in Arabia, and finally the radical Usama bin Laden and his organization. By analyzing the Saudi opposition’s use of modern technologies of communication and discussing the ways in which supposedly fundamentalist thinkers have been influenced by global debates and events, this book contributes significantly to the theoretical debate on domination and resistance in the current age of globalization and postmodernity.
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| 04-09-04 | 5 | 7\10 |
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This was an incredible book. I stumbled across it mistakenly when doing research on the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism for my Conflict in World Politics class last term.
Fandy aptly disentangles and eradicates many of the commonly perpetuated myths of Islamic Fundamentalism and the entire "terrorist" movement, now. [For instance, it's said, time and time again -- both explictly and inadvertently -- that a major incentive to terrorists has been grounded in "failed" or "missed" prosperity, when in all reality, the majority of the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, a country inherently overflowing with opulence and prosperity because of its abundance in natural resources: oil.] The "terrorist" agents of 9/11 were well-educated, well-off young men with full lives ahead of them. The ring leaders of much of contemporary Islamic Fundamentalism are more often than not Western-educated, well-off, seasoned, wealthy men with doctorates. We're not dealing with a group of scorned poor people. The real driving force behind Islamic Fundamentalism has less to do with money and more to do with morale and issues of cultural validity, not to mention issues of perceived power, and so on... I can go on and on, but all in all, it was a really good book. Fandy does not -- or at least I don't believe so -- seek out to write a "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tells Them" book. Not at all...it's much more scholarly, though when he lays down the bare facts...you begin to see how lots of popular political rhetoric is little more than rubbish for the under-educated masses. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-09-02 10:24:58 EST)
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| 04-08-04 | 5 | 6\9 |
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This was an incredible book. I stumbled across it mistakenly when doing research on the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism for my Conflict in World Politics class last term.
Fandy aptly disentangles and eradicates many of the commonly perpetuated myths of Islamic Fundamentalism and the entire "terrorist" movement, now. [For instance, it's said, time and time again -- both explictly and inadvertently -- that a major incentive to terrorists has been grounded in "failed" or "missed" prosperity, when in all reality, the majority of the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia, a country inherently overflowing with opulence and prosperity because of its abundance in natural resources: oil.] The "terrorist" agents of 9/11 were well-educated, well-off young men with full lives ahead of them. The ring leaders of much of contemporary Islamic Fundamentalism are more often than not Western-educated, well-off, seasoned, wealthy men with doctorates. We're not dealing with a group of scorned poor people. The real driving force behind Islamic Fundamentalism has less to do with money and more to do with morale and issues of cultural validity, not to mention issues of perceived power, and so on... I can go on and on, but all in all, it was a really good book. Fandy does not -- or at least I don't believe so -- seek out to write a "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tells Them" book. Not at all...it's much more scholarly, though when he lays down the bare facts...you begin to see how lots of popular political rhetoric is little more than rubbish for the under-educated masses. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 11:53:11 EST)
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