Shia Revival How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future

Name: Shia Revival How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
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ISBN: 9780393062113

ISBN-10: 0393062112

ISBN-13: 9780393062113

Edition: 2006

Authors: Vali Nasr

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The critical struggle between Shia and Sunni for the future of the Middle East. To most Western eyes, all Islamic movements look alike, and the central conflict in the Middle East is one between religion and secularism. Shockingly little has been written about the bitter divide between Shia and Sunni. Yet without understanding their ancient conflictand its modern embodiment in the power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for political and spiritual leadership of the Muslim worldit is impossible to comprehend events across the so-called Shia Crescent, from East Africa through Iraq and Pakistan to India. The provocative rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Saudi pressure on the United…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



The Other Islam: Who Are the Shia?



The Making of Shia Politics



The Fading Promise of Nationalism



Khomeini's Moment



The Battle of Islamic Fundamentalisms



The Tide Turns



Iraq: The First Arab Shia State



The Rise of Iran



The Battle for the Middle East


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index