RT Article
T1 " Ulama" and politics in Saudi Arabia
JF Islam and politics in the modern Middle East
SP 29
OP 63
A1 Layish, Aharon
LA English
YR 1984
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1456375881
AB The author shows how a puritanical religious renaissance movement, the Wahhabiyya, led to the most theocratic state in the Sunni Muslim world, and how the "ulama" still control the judicial system in Saudi Arabia. He describes how the status of the "ulama" has gradually declined, and how they have become aware of the political and military considerations that guide the ruler. The Saudi kings, on the other hand, have continued to deliberately resort to traditional legitimation. He also points out that, traditional legitimation notwithstanding, the shari'a laws have been reformed along mainly utilitarian lines, and that completely secular subjects have been introduced in the universities. One may thus surmise that "the most theocratic state" is now not at all that theocratic. (DÜI-Asd)
K1 Islam
K1 Politik
K1 Staat
K1 Politische Führung
K1 Ulema
K1 Saudi-Arabien : Islam : Politik : Staat : Politische Führung (Gruppe) : Politische Führung (Prozess) : Ulema
K1 Saudi-Arabien