The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam : : Iconoclasm, Destruction and Idolatry /

The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam : : Iconoclasm, Destruction and Idolatry / / Ondřej Beránek, Pavel Ťupek.

Contextualises current Salafi iconoclasm and graves destruction, tracing its ideological sourcesIn various parts of the Islamic world over the past decades virulent attacks have targeted Islamic funeral and sacral architecture. Rather than being random acts of vandalism, these are associated with th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Beránek, Ondřej,
Ťupek, Pavel,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2018
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Graves and Shrines in Medieval Islam: From Pre-Islamic Times to Ibn Taymiyya’s Legacy
  • 2 Early Wahhabism and the Beginnings of Modern Salafism
  • 3 Saudi Arabia between pan-Islamism, Iconoclasm and Political Legitimacy
  • 4 Following Current Paths of Destruction: ISIS and Beyond
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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