Wahhabism has been generating controversy since it first emerged in Arabia in the 18th century. This book examines the debate on the nature of Wahhabism, and offers findings on its ascendance in Saudi Arabia and spread throughout other parts of the Muslim world such as Afghanistan and Pakistan.[...]

In 2011, massive protest movements that appeared to come out of nowhere caught the Arab world's autocrats by surprise and brought down powerful leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in March 2011 calling for the "fall of the regime," the popular slogan[...]