1st Edition

Rivals in the Gulf Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis

By David H. Warren Copyright 2021
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Rivals in the Gulf: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Abdullah Bin Bayyah, and the Qatar-UAE Contest Over the Arab Spring and the Gulf Crisis details the relationships between the Egyptian Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Al Thani royal family in Qatar, and between the Mauritanian Shaykh Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans, the rulers of Abu Dhabi and senior royal family in the United Arab Emirates. These... Read more

Introduction: Rivals in the Gulf

Part 1: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Al Thanis, and Qatari Foreign Policy

1. Wahhabism and Wasaṭiyya in Qatar

2. Qaradawi, Qatar, and the Arab Spring

3. War in Syria, Coup in Egypt, Crisis in the Gulf

Part 2: Abdullah Bin Bayyah, the Al Nahyans, and Emirati Foreign Policy

4. Abdullah Bin Bayyah and the Al Nahyans

5. The Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies

Conclusion: The ʿUlamāʾ in the Gulf States

Biography

David H. Warren is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.