Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the GulfThis timely book illuminates the historical origins and present situation of militant Shia transnational networks by focusing on three key countries in the Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, whose Shia Islamic groups are the offspring of Iraqi movements. The reshaping of the areas geopolitics after the Gulf War and the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 have had a profoundimpact on transnational Shiite networks, pushing them to focus on national issues in the context of new political opportunities. |
Contents
PART I | 9 |
The Shias in the Ambit of the State | 45 |
PART II | 67 |
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Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf Laurence Louer No preview available - 2008 |
Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf Laurence Louër No preview available - 2011 |
Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf Laurence Louër No preview available - 2008 |
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