... the British and the Ottomans to force attacks on their rivals, win support or escape retribution. (Anscombe 172) Furthermore, in the 1920's, the Ikhwan movement began to emerge among the Bedouin, or nomadic tribes. The Ikhwan movement spread Wahhabi Islam among the nomads. Stressing the same strict adherence to religious law of the Wahhabi sect, Ikhwan ... Bedouin abandoned their traditional way of life in the desert and move to an agricultural settlement called a hijra. (Lacey 143) The word hijra was related to the term for the Prophet's ... ...

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... was common and small incidents would lead to bitter feuds which continued for generations. But there was no law whatsoever, binding the tribe to the nation. The daily life of a Bedouin was nothing more than that of a shepherd, obtaining their livelihood from the rearing of animals and wandering in quest of water and pasture. Some, however, being more disposed to a settled ... ...

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