The Arab Shiʾa : the forgotten Muslims / Graham E. Fuller and Rend Rahim Francke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Graham E., 1937-

Contributor:

Francke, Rend Rahim, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shīʻah--Arab countries.

Shīʻah.

Middle East--Politics and government--1976-.

Middle East.

Politics and government.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This is the first book to examine the Arab Shi'a community, a group whose identity and problematic relationship with the rest of the Middle East cuts to the heart of the crisis of Arab politics and society. The Arab Shi'a represent a majority of the overall population along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf and are the largest religious group in Lebanon. Historically there have been major tensions between the Shi'a and Sunni communities. This book, based on extensive field interviews, examines the nature of Shi'ite belief and community life, contemporary political and social problems, key grievances, and the nature of their relationship with the dominant Sunni state today as they seek a major voice in a new political order. Political and social integration of the Shi'a is a key to orderly political evolution in the Gulf in the next century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-281) and index.

ISBN:

0312221789

OCLC:

41142966