Wahhābī Islam Facing the Challenges of Modernity

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Wahhābī Islam Facing the Challenges of Modernity is written by Muhammad Al-Atawneh and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004185704 (ISBN 10) and 9789004185708 (ISBN 13).

This book focuses on the history and work of the Saudi Dār al-Iftā, one of the most central modern Islamic official religious institutions. The study was undertaken from two perspectives: (1) Dār al-Iftā creation, power structure, functions and the sociopolitical environment in which it operates; and (2) The actual work of this institution, mainly the mechanisms by which modern Saudi state muftis cope with clashes between Wahhābī idealism and the reality of an evolving society. This is a critical work which updates the readers' grasp of contemporary law and society in the modern Saudi state, in particular, and in Islamic jurisprudence in general.