Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-252) and index.
Intro; 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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This book explains the current destruction of graves in the Islamic world and traces the ideological sources of iconoclasm in their historical perspective, from medieval theological and legal debates to contemporary Islamist movements including ISIS.