Circuits of faith : migration, education, and the Wahhabi mission /

The Islamic University of Medina was established by the Saudi state in 1961 to provide religious instruction primarily to foreign students. Students would come to Medina for religious education and were then expected to act as missionaries, promoting an understanding of Islam in line with the core t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farquhar, Michael (Michael J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah > Influence.
Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah > Foreign students.
Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah
Islamic religious education > Saudi Arabia.
Wahhābīyah > Saudi Arabia > Influence.
Islam and state > Saudi Arabia.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Transnationalism.
Islam et État > Arabie saoudite.
Intégrisme islamique.
Transnationalisme.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Islam and state
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic religious education
Students, Foreign
Transnationalism
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Transformations in the late Ottoman Hijaz
  • Wahhabi expansion in Saudi-occupied Mecca
  • National politics and global mission
  • Migration and the forging of a scholarly community
  • Rethinking religious instruction
  • A Wahhabi corpus in motion
  • Leaving Medina.

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