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Author Farquhar, Michael (Michael J.), author

Title Circuits of faith : migration, education, and the Wahhabi mission / Michael Farquhar
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
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
Summary 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 tenets of Wahhabism. By the early 2000s, more than 11,000 young men from across the globe had graduated from the Islamic University. 'Circuits of Faith' offers the first examination of the Islamic University and considers the efforts undertaken by Saudi actors and institutions to exert religious influence far beyond the kingdom's borders
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 7, 2016)
Subject Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah -- Influence
Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah -- Foreign students
SUBJECT Jāmiʻah al-Islāmīyah bi-al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah fast
Subject Islamic religious education -- Saudi Arabia
Wahhābīyah -- Saudi Arabia -- Influence
Islam and state -- Saudi Arabia
Islamic fundamentalism.
Transnationalism.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Islam and state
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic religious education
Students, Foreign
Transnationalism
Saudi Arabia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781503600270
1503600270