The Meccan Rebellion: The Story of Juhayman Al-'utaybi Revisited - Rilegato

Hegghammer, Thomas; Lacroix, Stephane

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ISBN 10: 0955235995 ISBN 13: 9780955235993

Casa editrice: Amal Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Based on new information gathered from extensive fieldwork in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, this account sheds light on the story and legacy of Juhayman al-Utaybi, the militant who led the 1979 takeover of Islam’s holiest site: the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Detailing the events that would set in motion numerous attacks on the U.S. embassy in Pakistan and Shia uprisings in oil-rich areas of Saudi Arabia, this record offers insight into the religious inspiration behind the rebel leader’s message and acknowledges many unanswered questions: Who were the rebels and what did they want? Why and how did Juhayman’s group come into existence? What was Juhayman al-Utaybi’s ideological legacy and how have his writings influenced contemporary Islamist strains?

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L'autore:

Thomas Hegghammer is an academic specializing in the study of violent Islamism. He is a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment in Norway and a nonresident fellow at New York University's Center on Law and Security. He is the author of Jihad in Saudi Arabia and the coauthor ofal-Qaida in Its Own Words. Stéphane Lacroix is an assistant professor of political science at L’Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He is the author ofAwakening Islam: The Politics of Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia.

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Book by Hegghammer Thomas Lacroix Stephane

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• Editore: Amal Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0955235995
• ISBN 13: 9780955235993
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 71