Title:
The politics of Islam : the muslim brothers and the state in the Arab Gulf / Birol Başkan.
ISBN:
9781474490252
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
250 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Historical background: Desert and its legacies -- Modern sovereign state building in the Gulf: From the 1950s to the 1970s -- The Muslim brotherhood in the Gulf -- Modern sovereign state building in the Gulf: From the 1980s to the 2000s -- Gulf states' diverging attitude towards the Muslim Brotherhood -- The Arab spring -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"In this book, Birol Başkan explains the variation in attitudes and approaches towards the Muslim Brotherhood across 5 Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He argues that this disparity is at the root of the ongoing Gulf crisis that erupted in June 2017." -- Amazon.com
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OCLC Number:
on1345214714
Availability:
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