Amal and the Shiʻa
Author: Augustus R. Norton
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudie over de rol van de islamitische sji'iten in de ontwikkeling van het land
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Shia Islam and Politics
Author: Jon Armajani
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-05-20
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1793621365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book argues that ever since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government in Iran, that country’s religious and political leaders have used Shia Islam as a crucial way of expanding Iran’s objectives in the Middle East and beyond. Since 1979, Iran’s religious and political leaders have been concerned about Iran’s security in the face of the hostility and expansionism of the United States and other western countries, and the threats from powerful neighboring Sunni leaders and countries. While Iran’s government has attempted to align itself with Shia Muslims in various countries, such as Iraq and Lebanon, against American and Sunni expansionism, the Iranian government has attempted to religiously nourish and politically mobilize those Shias as a matter of principle, not only because of the Iranian government’s desires to protect Iran from external threats. The book analyzes Shia Islam and politics in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon which have among the largest proportional Shia populations in the Middle East and are vibrant centers of Shia intellectual life. The book's clear and jargon-free approach make it especially accessible for students and general readers who would like an introduction to the book's topics.
I Am Salah
Author: Amal Al-Aride
Publisher:
Published: 2018-12-12
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13: 9781791560294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe wonders of Salah adapted and defined for your little ones. A poem picture book to encourage the love and understanding of Salah and prayer in general. A book for Muslims and all other faiths to enjoy. Sunni Edition.
Hizbu'llah
Author: Amal Saad-Ghorayeb
Publisher: Critical Studies on Islam
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Her dissection of Hizbullah's worldview is instructive. She treads carefully.' --The Jerusalem Post
Amal and the Shiʻa
Author: Augustus R. Norton
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmal Unbound
Author: Aisha Saeed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-01-07
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0399544690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New York Times Bestseller! Amal has big dreams, until a nightmarish encounter . . . Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies and pecking-order woes. Most troubling, though, is Amal's increasing awareness of the deadly measures the Khan family will go to in order to stay in control. It's clear that their hold over her village will never loosen as long as everyone is too afraid to challenge them--so if Amal is to have any chance of ensuring her loved ones' safety and winning back her freedom, she must find a way to work with the other servants to make it happen.
The Shia Revival (Updated Edition)
Author: Vali Nasr
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1324001054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes.” —Max Rodenbeck, New York Review of Books One of America’s leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam in this “smart, clear and timely” book (Washington Post). Still essential and still timely ten years after its original publication, The Shia Revival 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. A new epilogue elucidates the rise of ISIS and ongoing tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Iran and the Shia
Author: Janey Levy
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2009-08-15
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 1615311149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of Iran is a long, rich, multi-layered one. Iran was once known as Persia and was devoted to an ancient religion known as Zoroastrianism. The Persian people converted to Islam following the Arab conquest. Persia contributed as much to Islam as it received. Indeed, it eventually developed along a separate path from most Arab Muslims, as it adopted the Shia branch of the faith. Though the Shia would always be a minority within Islam, the Shia would nevertheless develop a complex and powerful faith, and Persia would experience several periods as a mighty and sophisticated empire. In the modern age, Iran came to be ruled by secular shahs, or kings, who tried to remove religion from the public sphere. Yet with the overthrow of the last Shah in 1979, Iran became a Shia state, ruled by conservative religious clerics. It has since come to occupy a central role in Middle Eastern and world affairs, and its Shia government exerts a tight grip on its citizens and their lives. This book introduces readers to the vast sweep of Iranian history and religion. Shi'ism and Iran cannot be separatedthey are so tightly entwined. The role Iran comes to play in world affairs in the 21st century will have everything to do with religion and its government's use of it. The consequences for the Middle East and the world at large could be dramatic.
Beyond Sunni and Shia
Author: Frederic Wehrey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-02-01
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 0190911190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalized sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies. Beyond Sunni and Shia draws on extensive fieldwork and primary sources to offer insights that are empirically rich and theoretically grounded, but also accessible for policy audiences and the informed public.
The Changing Ideology of Hezbollah
Author: Massaab Al-Aloosy
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-02-17
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 3030348474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe project discusses Hezbollah's political ideology and how it evolves over time and the conditions that lead to the change of ideology. The author also examines Hezbollah's relationship with the patron states, Syria and Iran. In contrast with major arguments in the literature, the book argues that political ideologies are not fixed and they evolve depending on a number of factors such as the change in context, major events like a civil war in the patron state, and, most importantly, when the change of ideology becomes linked to survival of the insurgency. This monograph will appeal to a wide range of audiences such as researchers, scholars, and graduate students in the fields of Middle Eastern studies, political studies, Islamism, and nationalism.
