| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Graves and Shrines in Medieval Islam: From Pre-Islamic Times to Ibn Taymiyya's Legacy; 2 Early Wahhabism and the Beginnings of Modern Salafism; 3 Saudi Arabia between pan-Islamism, Iconoclasm and Political Legitimacy; 4 Following Current Paths of Destruction: ISIS and Beyond; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explains the current destruction of graves in the Islamic world and traces the ideological sources of iconoclasm in their historical perspective, from medieval theological and legal debates to contemporary Islamist movements including ISIS. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cemeteries -- Islamic countries.
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Cemeteries. |
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Islamic countries. |
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Cemeteries -- Desecration.
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Cemeteries -- Desecration. |
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Wahhābīyah.
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Wahhābīyah. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ťupek, Pavel, 1980- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781474417570 1474417574 (OCoLC)992432790 |
| ISBN |
9781474444774 (electronic book) |
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1474444776 (electronic book) |
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9781474417587 (electronic book) |
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1474417582 (electronic book) |
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9781474417594 (EPUB) |
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1474417590 (EPUB) |
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9781474417570 |
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1474417574 |
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