A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is / John McHugo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McHugo, John, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shiites--History.

Shiites.

Sunnites--History.

Sunnites.

Islamic sects--History.

Islamic sects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages) : maps, genealogical tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2018.

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2018.

Summary:

A fascinating and richly layered account of how and why the great divide in Islam--between Sunnis and Shi'is--occurred. Charting the history of Islam from the death of the Prophet Mohammed to the present day, McHugo describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi'ism evolved as different and contending sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi' Sfavids ensured that the split would continue into the modern age. Today the full, destructive force of this historical conflict for the soul of the Muslim world is expressed by the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran--with no end in sight. Definitive, insightful, and accessible, A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is is an essential guide to understanding the genesis, development, and manipulation of the schism that has come to define Islam and the Muslim world. Includes five black & white maps, a glossary, and a list of sources and further reading.

Contents:

In the Beginning : Before There Were Sunnis and Shi'is

How Civil War Came to Islam

Of Umayyads and Abbasids

The Split Between Sunnis and Shi'is

Of Ismailis, Assassins, Druze, Zaydis, Gnostic Shi'is, Alawis and Sufis

How Iran Became Shi'i

The Ottoman Empire, India and the Muslim Reformation

The Long Nineteenth Century and the Coming of Western Dominance

Between the Two World Wars

Tides Ebb and Flow

The Iranian Revolution and The Iran-Iraq War

From the Iranian Revolution to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

Wedges into Fault-Lines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62616-588-2

OCLC:

1032725723