Natana delong bas biography of alberta

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