David Commins

Nasir al-Huzaimiwas around 20 years old when he joined the Salafi Group in 1976. He left the group shortly before the Mecca Uprising. He was arrested by the authorities and sentenced to prison. He later became a journalist in Saudi Arabia.David Comminsis Professor of History at Dickinson College. He is the author ofThe Mission and the Kingdom: Wahhabi Power Behind the Saudi Throne,Islam in Saudi ArabiaandThe Gulf States: A Modern History.