The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders‎.‎ However‎,‎ as Madawi al‎-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty‎-first century‎,‎ even Saudis do not agree on their meaning‎.‎ Under the influence of mass education‎,‎ printing‎,‎ new communication technology‎,‎ and global media‎,‎ they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues‎,‎ often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society‎.‎ Drawing on classical religious sources‎,‎ contemporary readings and interviews‎,‎ Al‎-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest‎,‎ exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political‎.‎ Bridging the gap between text and context‎,‎ the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends‎,‎ and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them‎.‎