Al-Rasheed, Madawi (2015) Divine politics reconsidered: Saudi Islamists on peaceful revolution. LSE Middle East Centre paper series, 7. Middle East Centre, LSE, London, UK.
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Abstract
Focusing on mutations of Saudi Islamism during the Arab uprisings, this paper examines the responses of Salman al-Awdah, one of the most influential Saudi Islamist scholars. As he reflects on peaceful revolution in the Arab world, al-Awdah combines his Salafi heritage with insights from western thought, thus producing a hybrid discourse that engages with the inevitability of political change. I argue that al-Awdah goes beyond the two now well-known Islamist strategies, namely jihadi militant struggle and Salafi acquiescent positions, that dominated debate in Saudi Arabia for several decades. His treatise on peaceful revolution offers a ‘third way’ between these two binary opposites. I assess whether a new Islamism that values peaceful action and mobilisation in the pursuit of political change has already reached maturity in Saudi Arabia.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/home.aspx |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Middle East Centre Collections > Middle East Centre Paper Series |
| Identification Number: | 7 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2015 15:27 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/62240/ |
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