Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union , and Modern Islam

Sean Foley

doi:10.12816/0009722

Article Details

Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union , and Modern Islam

Authors:

Sean Foley

Publisher:

International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

Main Topics:

Political science | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

Islam and Civilisational Renewal 2013 vol.4 Issue 1, pp.45-61

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

59764

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

13940937

DOI:

10.12816/0009722

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Abstract:

 This paper examines Saudi-Soviet diplomacy in the interwar period,which has received little scholarly coverage but has had an important impacton the Middle East and the Muslim World. In the 1920s and the 1930s, SaudiArabia and the Soviet Union cooperated closely in a number of areas, andWestern governments recognised that an alliance would have transformedpolitics in the Middle East. The failure of the diplomatic relationship to lastwas a missed opportunity for both states and for the wider Muslim world. Notonly did it limit Soviet diplomacy in the Arab World and cement the US-Saudialliance, but it also cut off Soviet Muslims from Arabia. After the Soviet Unioncollapsed, the legacy Saudi-Soviet relations in the interwar period remainedimportant. Al-Qaeda used Riyadh’s historic ties with Washington to justify itsviolence, while millions of Muslims in the former Soviet Union re-embracedtheir faith and forged closer ties with Saudi Arabia than ever before.

Article Details

Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union , and Modern Islam

Authors:

Sean Foley

Publisher:

International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

Main Topics:

Political science | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

Islam and Civilisational Renewal 2013 vol.4 Issue 1, pp.45-61

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

59764

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

13940937

DOI:

10.12816/0009722

Descriptors:

FOREIGN POLICY

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

ISLAMIC STUDIES

SAUDI ARABIA

USSR

Issues

Article Details

Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union , and Modern Islam

Authors: Sean Foley

Publisher: International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

Main Topics: Political science | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal: Islam and Civilisational Renewal 2013 vol.4 Issue 1, pp.45-61

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 59764

Frequency: Quarterly

pISSN: 13940937

DOI: 10.12816/0009722

Descriptors:

FOREIGN POLICY

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

ISLAMIC STUDIES

SAUDI ARABIA

USSR

Issues

Authors:

Sean Foley

Publisher:

International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

Main Topics:

Political science | Islam, Bábism & Bahá"í Faith

Journal:

Islam and Civilisational Renewal 2013 vol.4 Issue 1, pp.45-61

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

59764

Frequency:

Quarterly

pISSN:

13940937

DOI:

10.12816/0009722