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Saudi Arabia : the shape of a client feudalism / Geoff Simons.
Publication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.Description: xvi, 415 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0312215509 :
- JC599.S33 S58 1998
Contents:
Summary: Geoff Simons describes the current human-rights situation in Saudi Arabia with reference to corruption, the treatment of dissidents, the penal system, the suppression of women, slavery and other aspects. A detailed history, from pre-Islamic times to the present, is provided, with attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Attention is also given to the various economic, political, and religious problems that face the Saudi regime and the Saudi response.
The Feudal Frame -- Islam, Law and Human Rights -- The Human Rights Framework -- The Islamic Source -- The Sharia Imperative -- The Closed Society -- The Corrupt Culture -- The Treatment of Dissidents -- The Practical Penology -- The Sexual Suppression -- The Survival of Slavery -- The History -- Religious Roots -- The Early Arabians -- The Pagan Culture -- Muhammed -- The Context -- The Life -- A Prophet? -- The Holy Koran -- The Islamic Frame -- Conquest and Decline -- The Arab Expansion -- From Umayyad to Abbasid -- The Arab Decline -- The Ottoman Era -- Saudi Ascendancy -- The Wahhabist Soul -- The Saudi Ascendancy -- Britain and the Arab Revolt -- Towards Saudi Arabia -- The Oil State -- Ibn Saud--The Final Years -- The Dynasty Continues -- King Saud -- King Faisal -- King Khaled -- King Fahd -- The Britain Factor -- The US Factor -- Black Gold -- The Yemen Wars--I -- The Arab--Israeli Wars -- The Modern Client -- Wars, Rumours of Wars -- The Arms Ploy -- The Iran--Iraq War (1980-8) -- The 1991 Gulf War -- The Yemen Wars--II -- The Gathering Clouds -- Problems -- An Economic Predicament? -- Feudalism or Change? -- Custodian of Islam? -- The Dissident Revolt -- The Violent Option -- International Human Rights Instruments Signed or Ratified by Arab and Islamic Countries but not by Saudi Arabia -- The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam -- Articles of Government -- Articles of the Shura (Consultative Council) -- Council of Ministers--Rules.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-395) and index.
The Feudal Frame -- Islam, Law and Human Rights -- The Human Rights Framework -- The Islamic Source -- The Sharia Imperative -- The Closed Society -- The Corrupt Culture -- The Treatment of Dissidents -- The Practical Penology -- The Sexual Suppression -- The Survival of Slavery -- The History -- Religious Roots -- The Early Arabians -- The Pagan Culture -- Muhammed -- The Context -- The Life -- A Prophet? -- The Holy Koran -- The Islamic Frame -- Conquest and Decline -- The Arab Expansion -- From Umayyad to Abbasid -- The Arab Decline -- The Ottoman Era -- Saudi Ascendancy -- The Wahhabist Soul -- The Saudi Ascendancy -- Britain and the Arab Revolt -- Towards Saudi Arabia -- The Oil State -- Ibn Saud--The Final Years -- The Dynasty Continues -- King Saud -- King Faisal -- King Khaled -- King Fahd -- The Britain Factor -- The US Factor -- Black Gold -- The Yemen Wars--I -- The Arab--Israeli Wars -- The Modern Client -- Wars, Rumours of Wars -- The Arms Ploy -- The Iran--Iraq War (1980-8) -- The 1991 Gulf War -- The Yemen Wars--II -- The Gathering Clouds -- Problems -- An Economic Predicament? -- Feudalism or Change? -- Custodian of Islam? -- The Dissident Revolt -- The Violent Option -- International Human Rights Instruments Signed or Ratified by Arab and Islamic Countries but not by Saudi Arabia -- The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam -- Articles of Government -- Articles of the Shura (Consultative Council) -- Council of Ministers--Rules.
Geoff Simons describes the current human-rights situation in Saudi Arabia with reference to corruption, the treatment of dissidents, the penal system, the suppression of women, slavery and other aspects. A detailed history, from pre-Islamic times to the present, is provided, with attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Attention is also given to the various economic, political, and religious problems that face the Saudi regime and the Saudi response.
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