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Title: The Arab Shi'a : The Forgotten Muslims by Graham E. Fuller, Rend Rahim Francke ISBN: 0-312-23956-4 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 22 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Rating: 4
Summary: Is it time to reconsider how we look at the Shi'a???
Comment: "... the West demonstrates a dangerous tendency to equate Sunnis with secularism and Shi'a with Islamic Movements. Neither is accurate."
This book should be required reading for all Western heads of state, attorneys general, members of congress and parliament, AND journalists.
The authors' outlook is counter to decades of American posturing and shows how current policies to "contain" the Shi'a in the region by the US and allies is a downward spiral and the exact opposite of what needs to happen if there is to be stability for all in the region.
This is an excellent discription of of how the Arab Shi'a have been marginalized in the Arab world, including those countries such as Iraq and Bahrain where they represent the confessional majority. The authors go on to attack western fears of Iranian led Shiâa revolution in the Arab world by delving into the religious, social and cultural differences between the Persian Shiâa and the Arab Shiâa and how the Arabs have historically in each country chosen race and nationality over sectarian alliances when push came to shove.
More shocking, as they review the conditions of the Shiâa in each country where they make up significant parts of the population, is the treatment of the Shiâa by fellow Muslims and Arabs. Especially in those cases where they represent a numerical minority. In those places the Shiâa are oppressed but cannot claim minority status, even though their own Shiâa sect may be marginalized or even unrecognized by the Sunni majority.
They go on to describe how this marginalization is a far greater threat to regional stability and the Westâs image in the region. The question is whether the Western countries can turn a blind eye to the treatment of the Shiâa and still tout themselves as focused on Democracy and Human Rights. This loss of âfaceâ and continued support of oppressive regimes is a far greater threat than the threat of Iranian efforts to purposely destabilize regimes and the region. Although in the end, the oppressed may look anywhere for answers.
Finally, this book is extremely relevant in todayâs world â" even though it was written when Sadaam still controlled Iraq. Iraq is central to Shiâa culture and history. Iraq could easily once again by pass Iran as the center of influence of the worldâs Shiâa. More importantly will be the Iraqi influence on the Arab Shiâa in Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon.
America and the West stand at a crossroad of being the actors who help the Shiâa majorities to achieve their just share and the Shiâa minorities to achieve justice.
As Fuller and Francke say:
â⦠an Iraq that that does not permit the Shiâa to play the role accorded to them by their demographic majority is doomed to failure, schism and manipulation by outside forces, especially Iran. Saudi and Kuwaiti objections to the establishment of democratic processes in Iraq should be ignoredâ¦â
Funny, weâve been hearing the opposite for over 20 years.
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Title: The Shi'is of Iraq by Yitzhak Nakash ISBN: 0691115753 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 27 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Just Ruler (Al-Sultan Al-Adil) in Shi'Ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence by Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina ISBN: 0195119150 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to Shi'I Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'Ism by Moojan Momen, Alessandro Bausani ISBN: 0300035314 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam by Juan Cole ISBN: 1860647367 Publisher: I.B. Tauris Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Extremist Shiites: The Ghulat Sects (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East) by Matti Moosa ISBN: 0815624115 Publisher: Syracuse University Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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