"This work features an introduction and three main sections: The first section addresses orthodox tradition (salafism) from the time of Prophet Mohammed to the 18th century. The second section discusses the figure who revived the call of salafism, Shaikh Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab, the spread of his call for religious rectification, and the establishment of the First Saudi State. The thrid and final section considers the place of salafism in the miodern world. It surveys the accomplishments of salafism - past, present, and future - and the nature of the differing positions among the various Islamic shools of thought."--Foreword.

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