Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent

MAMOUN FANDY is Professor of Politics at the Center for Contemporary Studies, Georgetown University. He spent two years in Saudi Arabia researching this book.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION Context: State-society Relations in Saudi Arabia PART II: SUNNI OPPOSITION INSIDE Sheikh Safar al-Hawali and the Rise of Taped Sermons Sheikh Salman al-Auda and the Najdi Resistance PART III: SUNNI OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OR CYBERRESISTANCE IN A GLOBAL AGE Mohammed al-Mas'ari and the Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights Sa`ad al-Faqih and the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia PART IV: SHI'A OPPOSITION Sheikh Hassan al-Safar and the Islamic Reform Movement PART V: VIRTUAL SAUDIS? The Committee Against Corruption in Saudi Arabia PART VI: CONCLUSION