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Natana J. DeLong-Bas
American scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies
Natana J.
DeLong-Bas is an American academic, scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, and author of a number of academic publications on Islam on the subjects of Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism, Islamic thought and history, Islam and politics, and contemporary jihadism.[1][2]
Biography
DeLong-Bas is associate professor at the Theology Department Faculty of Boston College.[3][4] She also serves in a number of editorial, advisory, and consulting roles.[1][4] Previously DeLong-Bas has taught at Brandeis University and worked as a consultant for the RAND Corporation.[4]
Views
DeLong-Bas has expressed the view that there is too much negativity towards Wahhabism in the West, and in her writings has argued that Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was "not the godfather of contemporary terrorist movements", but
"a voice of reform, reflec
