The Shia revival : how conflicts within Islam will shape the future / Vali Nasr.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2007Description: 310 p. : map ; 22 cmISBN: 9780393329681 (pbk.)Subject(s): Shīʻah -- Political aspects -- Middle East | Islam and politics -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979- | Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites | Sunnites -- Relations -- ShīʻahDDC classification: 297.8/209045 LOC classification: BP194.185 | .N37 2007| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"With a new afterword" -- Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-290) and index.
1. The other Islam : who are the Shia? -- 2. The making of Shia politics -- 3. The fading promise of nationalism -- 4. Khomeini's moment -- 5. The battle of Islamic fundamentalisms -- 6. The tide turns -- 7. Iraq : the first Arab Shia state -- 8. The rise of Iran -- 9. The battle for the Middle East .
"Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences." -- Cover.
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