Religious minorities in the Middle East [electronic resource] : domination, self-empowerment, accommodation / edited by Anh Nga Longva, Anne Sofie Roald.
Focusing on the situation of both Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities in the Middle East, this volume offers an analysis of various strategies of resilience and accommodation from a historical as well a contemporary perspective.
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
v. 108. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction Domination, Self-empowerment, Accommodation; Part I Non-Muslim Minorities; Chapter One Millets: Past and Present; Chapter Two From the Dhimma to the Capitulations: Memory and Experience of Protection in Lebanon; Chapter Three Contemporary Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt: Local Dynamics and Foreign Influences; Chapter Four Land, Law, and Family Protection in the West Bank; Chapter Five Conviviality and Conflict in Contemporary Aleppo; Chapter Six Freedom of Religion in Sudan.
- Chapter Seven From Power to Powerlessness: Zoroastrianism in Iranian HistoryChapter Eight Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions; Part II Muslim Minorities; Chapter Nine Shi'i Identity Politics in Saudi Arabia; Chapter Ten Nationalism and Confessionalism: Shi'is, Druzes and Alawis in Syria and Lebanon; Chapter Eleven Education and Minority Empowerment in the Middle East; Chapter Twelve Alevis in Turkish Politics; Chapter Thirteen Nationalism and Religion in Contemporary Iran; Conclusion Nation-Building and Minority Rights in the Middle East; Index.