Nabil Mouline is a senior researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Ethan S. Rundell is the translator of numerous books, including Debordering Korea: Material and Immaterial Legacies of the Sunshine Era (2013) and Investigating Srebrenica: Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities (2012).
“Mouline is a remarkable scholar of the Muslim world, an erudite
Arabist, a well-read scholar of Islamic literature, and a sound
social scientist. This book has a wide potential readership in
English, due to its breakthrough character.”—Gilles Kepel, author
of Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam
*Gilles Kepel*
“Nabil Mouline offers the most sophisticated analysis to date of
the religious sphere in Saudi Arabia. In particular, he
details the rise and history of the religious establishment and its
complex relationship with the political authority in
Riyadh. The Clerics of Islam represents an original, vivid and
nuanced reading of Wahhabism because its author has carefully read
the primary sources and met with many of the kingdom’s leading
clerics. It is a must read for anyone wishing to understand
the nexus between religion and power in modern Arabia.”—Bernard
Haykel, Princeton University
*Bernard Haykel*
“Based on rich primary sources and field research, this book
unearths data thus far not accessible to Western researchers. The
topic is relevant not only for specialists of Saudi Arabia, but for
everyone with an interest in politics and religion, and the
politics of religious actors and institutions in particular.”—
Steffen Hertog, London School of Economics
*Steffen Hertog*
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