Screen LibraryThe new sectarianism : the Arab uprisings and the rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni divide /
"The New Sectarianism considers the causes for growing Sunni-Shi'a animosity in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. It illustrates how the two groups perceive one another after the Arab uprisings, how these perceptions have affected Arab life, and how these contes...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The New Sectarianism considers the causes for growing Sunni-Shi'a animosity in countries such as Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. It illustrates how the two groups perceive one another after the Arab uprisings, how these perceptions have affected Arab life, and how these contestations pose a serious threat to the stability of regional states and to stakeholders in the wider world"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 250 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index. |
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9780190233143 (hardback) : 0190233141 (hardback) 9780190233167 (epub) 0190233168 (epub) |
| Index Number: | BP194 |
| CLC: | B966 |
| Call Number: | B966/A135 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Of history and memory -- Chapter 1: Mullahs and the militias -- Chapter 2: The Sunni Salafists -- Chapter 3: The Salafi politicos -- Chapter 4: Lebanon: sectarianism and the modern state -- Chapter 5: Bahrain and the Shi'a question -- Chapter 6: Sectarian conflict on the regional stage -- Appendix A. Salafist tweets and major events in the Middle East -- Appendix B. The sectarian messaging. |