Unholy kingdom : religion, corruption and violence in Saudi Arabia
Ruthven, Malise2025
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Place reservation for Unholy kingdom : religion, corruption and violence in Saudi ArabiaIn recent years Saudi Arabia has promoted itself as an open country: oil-rich but investing in culture, tourism, social innovation, and establishing itself as a beacon in the Middle East mired in violence. But the murder in October 2018 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul embassy reveals a darker reality: the intensification of the repression of religious and political criticism and protest driven by the war in Yemen, sectarian rivalry with Iran, and volatile relations with the United States during the Trump administration. In 'Unholy Kingdom', Malise Ruthven a leading commentator on Islamic affairs, reconstructs the history of the nation and shows how its attempts to modernise itself have produced repression, corruption, and war across the region fuelled by themassive arms purchases paid for by the oil exports that contribute to global warming.
Main title:
Unholy kingdom : religion, corruption and violence in Saudi Arabia / Malise Ruthven.
Author:
Ruthven, Malise, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2025.
Collation:
viii, 368 pages : maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781839760105 (hbk)
Dewey class:
953.8054953.805
LC class:
DS244.52
Local class:
953.805
Language:
English
Subject:
Āl Saʻūd, Muḥammad bin Salmān bin ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 1985-Āl Saʻūd, House ofSaudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 1982-Saudi Arabia -- History -- 1932-Saudi Arabia -- ReligionCorruption -- Saudi ArabiaViolence -- Saudi ArabiaHistoryState crimes -- South AfricaIslam and state -- Saudi ArabiaWahhābīyah -- Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia -- Politics and government -- 1932-
BRN:
2790558
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