Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia : : Islam, Christianity, and Politics Entwined / / Haggai Erlich.

What is the significance of Islam's growing strength in Ethiopia? And what is the impetus for the Saudi financing of hundreds of new mosques and schools in the country, the establishment of welfare organizations, and the spread of the Arabic language? Haggai Erlich explores the interplay of rel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2007
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (249 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Politics and Religious Legacies: An Interplay
  • 2. The Christian State and the Islamic State
  • 3. Camels for Mussolini
  • 4. The Wahhabiyya and Ethiopia, 1936–1948
  • 5. The Saudis and the End of the Christian Kingdom
  • 6. Wahhabism and Communism: Mutual Demonization, 1974–1991
  • 7. Wahhabism and Ethiopian Identity
  • 8. Local Dilemmas, Global Perspectives
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book