The Shia revival

The Shia revival: how conflicts within Islam will shape the future

by Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza

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Considers the ways in which struggles between the Shia and Sunni in the Middle East will affect the region's future, offering insight into the power conflicts between Iran and Saudi Arabia for political and spiritual leadership of the Muslim world. As nations around the world struggle with the threat of militant Islam, Vali Nasr, one of the leading scholars on the Middle East, provides us with the rare opportunity to understand the political and theological antagonisms within Islam itself. The…

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  • Full title :The Shia revival : how conflicts within Islam will shape the future / Vali Nasr ; [with a new afterword].

Summary

Considers the ways in which struggles between the Shia and Sunni in the Middle East will affect the region's future, offering insight into the power conflicts between Iran and Saudi Arabia for political and spiritual leadership of the Muslim world.

As nations around the world struggle with the threat of militant Islam, Vali Nasr, one of the leading scholars on the Middle East, provides us with the rare opportunity to understand the political and theological antagonisms within Islam itself. The Shia Revival is a penetrating historical account of sectarian conflicts in the Muslim world, showing that the future rests in finding a peaceful solution to the ancient rivalries between the Shias and the Sunnis. Nasr provides a unique and objective understanding of this 1,400-year bitter struggle between the two sects -- tracing its roots from the succession of the Prophet Mohammad -- forcing us to differentiate the religious and theological aspect of Islam from its political and military rivalries. -- from http://www.cfr.org (Nov. 26, 2013).

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.
  • Edition:[Paperback ed.]

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):W.W. Norton
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2007.

Notes

Hardcover ed. published in 2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (310 pages) : : map

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780393066401, 0393066401
  • oclc:ocn916042834
  • LC Classification:BP194.185
  • Dewey Decimal:297.8/209045

Table of Contents

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.

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Subjects

History Interfaith relations Islam and politics Islam and politics -- History -- 20th c… Middle East Middle East -- Politics and government … Moyen-Orient -- Politique et gouverneme… Naher Osten Politics and government Schiiten Shīʻah Shīʻah -- Political aspects Shīʻah -- Relations Shīʿah -- Political aspects -- Middle E… Since 1900 Sunniten Sunnites Sunnites -- Relations

Writers

Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza

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