The Wahhabis seen through European eyes (1772-1830) : deists and Puritans of Islam /

The Wahhabis seen through European eyes (1772-1830) : deists and Puritans of Islam /

In The Wahhabis seen through European Eyes (1772-1830) Giovanni Bonacina offers an account of the early reactions in Europe to the rise of the Wahhabi movement in Arabia. Commonly pictured nowadays as a form of Muslim fundamentalism, the Wahhabis appeared to many European witnesses as the creators o...

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Main Author: Bonacina, Giovanni, 1961-

Format: eBook

Language: English
Italian

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: The History of Oriental Studies 1.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

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Wahhābīyah > Public opinion > History.
Public opinion > Europe > History > 18th century.
Public opinion > Europe > History > 19th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 19th century.

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Call Number: BP195.W2 B6613 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Deistic Revolution in Arabia
  • 2 Literary Disputes and Colonial Sights
  • 3 Muslim "Puritans"
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.