Commins, David

Scholarship on Islam in the Middle East and North Africa spans a range of disciplines in the humanities (e.g., religion, art history, literature) and social sciences (e.g., history, anthropology, sociology, political science)....

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Commins, David. “Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against Americans (1996).” In Milestone Documents in World History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped the World, edited by Brian Bonhomme and Cathleen Boivin, Vol....

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For more information on the published version, visit American University of Beirut Press's Website., The purpose of this essay is to explore questions related to political identity in late Ottoman Syria on the basis of...

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Wahhabism is without question one of the major movements of Islamic renewal in modern times. Among its controversial positions was the assertion that Ottoman rule was illegitimate. It was therefore natural for the Ottomans to...

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Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism. Muslim critics...

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For more information on the published version, visit Brill's Website., For the past two centuries, observers of the Muslim world have frequently traced religious purification campaigns to Wahhabi influence. For instance,...

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For more information on the published version, visit ABC-CLIO's Website., Commins, David. Wahhabism. In The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social, and Military History, edited by Spencer Tucker. Santa...

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