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245 04 $aThe Sunna and Shi'a in history :$bdivision and ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East /$cedited by Ofra Bengio and Meir Litvak.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$cc2011.
300 $avi, 278 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-267) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction /$rOfra Bengio and Meir Litvak --$tResponses to unwanted authority in early Islam: models for current Shi'i and Sunni activists /$rJacob Lassner --$tEarly Hanbalism and the Shi'a /$rNimrod Hurvitz --$tThe confrontation between Sunni and Shi'i empires: Ottoman-Safavid relations between the fourteenth and the seventeenth century /$rMax Scherberger --$tEncounters between Shi'i and Sunni 'ulama' in Ottoman Iraq /$rMeir Litvak --$tThe Ottoman dilemma in handling the Shi'i challenge in nineteenth-century Iraq /$rİsmail Safa Üstün --$tReligious extremism and ecumenical tendencies in modern Iraqi Shi'ism /$rAmatzia Baram --$tQuietists turned activists: the Shi'i revolution in Iraq /$rOfra Bengio --$tThe Sunni-Shi'i struggle over Lebanon: a new chapter in the history of Lebanon /$rEyal Zisser --$tThe Wahhabiyya and Shi'ism, from 1744/45 to 2008 /$rGuido Steinberg --$tUnity or hegemony? Iranian attitudes to the Sunni-Shi'i divide /$rZe'ev Maghen --$tDebating the "awakening Shi'a": Sunni perceptions of the Iranian Revolution /$rMeir Hatina --$tInteresting times: Egypt and Shi'ism at the beginning of the twenty-first century /$rRainer Brunner --$tEpilogue: the Sunni-Shi'i paradox /$rOfra Bengio and Meir Litvak.
520 $aSunni-Shi'i relations have undergone significant transformations in recent decades. The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran had a major spill-over effect on the entire Middle East, and the 2003 war in Iraq transformed the Shi'is into the dominant force in Iraq. The emergence of Iran as a regional power following Saddam Husayn's removal, along with the weakness of the Arab state system, raised the specter of the "Shi'i Crescent" threatening Sunni-Arab domination in the region. The present volume demonstrates the complexity of Sunni-Shi'i relations by analyzing political, ideological, and social encounters between the two communities from early Islamic history to the present. While analyzing specific case studies in various Middle Eastern regions, the book provides a panoramic picture ranging from hostility to efforts of cooperation and ecumenism. -- Back cover.
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