Popular nationalism in the Arab world turned more religious over time

Evidence

The crushing of secular nationalism in 1967 and Nasser’s death a few years after created an opening for Faisal. The war of 1973 further bolstered Saudi Arabia’s image in the Arab world. The Saudi-led oil embargo that followed the war elevated its prestige to such an extent that it was able to seize the initiative from secular nationalism and put its homegrown brand of Islam, Wahhabism, on the map. Wahhabism is an ultra-conservative interpretation of Sunni Islam which has functioned historically to sanction the rule of the al-Saud family. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 235 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Religion stayed marginal in mainstream Palestinian nationalism for four decades — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2413; Religious nationalism since the 1970s is a desecularizing movement worldwide, not ancient revival — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1498; Local demographics shaped whether nationalism took religious or secular form — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3473 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Saudi Wahhabism displaced Arab secular nationalism after the 1973 war #exemplifies (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 235