The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political strategies that have
By:
Martin Kramer,
Shaul Bakhash,
Clinton Bailey,
Michael M J Fischer
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 231mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 449g
ISBN: 9780367302702
ISBN 10: 0367302705
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 04 December 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface -- Introduction -- Shi'ism, Islam, and the West -- The Shi'a in Islamic History -- Western Studies of Shi'a Islam -- Iran: Shi'ism and Revolution -- Shi'ism as Interpreted by Khomeini: An Ideology of Revolutionary Violence -- Mahmud Taleqani and the Iranian Revolution -- Islam and Social Justice in Iran -- Repetitions in the Iranian Revolution -- Iraq and the Gulf: Between Shi'ism and Arabism -- The Iraqi Shi'is and Their Fate -- The Islamic Republic's Foreign Policy in the Gulf -- Shi'i Unrest in the Gulf -- Lebanon and Syria: Protest of the Disinherited -- The Shi'is and the Lebanese State -- The Origins and Resurgence of Amal -- Lebanon's Shi'is After the 1982 War -- Syria's Alawis and Shi'ism -- South Asia: Frontier Shi'ism -- The Iranian Revolution and the Afghan Resistance -- The Shi'is of Pakistan -- Shi'i Identity and the Significance of Muharram in Lucknow, India
Martin Kramer is a historian and political analyst.