Sunni Communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013-2021

Sunni Communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013-2021
Author: Hessam Habibi Doroh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2023-05-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004543201

Sunni-Shia relations in Iran offer an analytical guide for the interpretation of inequality, securitization, and immigration. This book reorients our understanding of contemporary Iran by answering still unacknowledged questions: how is the relationship, the interaction and socio-political behaviour between the Islamic Republic and its Sunni minorities? Using unexamined sources and fieldwork, Hessam Habibi Doroh shows a clear insight into the life of Iranian Sunnis, their contention and cooperation with the state during Hasan Rouhani ́s presidency. Comparison with the wider region complements this nuanced portrayal of impacts of privatization, secularization, and securitization on the sectarian relations between the state and its minorities.

Revolutionary Iran

Revolutionary Iran
Author: Michael Axworthy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199322260

In Revolutionary Iran, Michael Axworthy offers a richly textured and authoritative history of Iran from the 1979 revolution to the present.

Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century

Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century
Author: Ira M. Lapidus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 795
Release: 2012-10-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139851128

First published in 1988, Ira Lapidus' A History of Islamic Societies has become a classic in the field, enlightening students, scholars, and others with a thirst for knowledge about one of the world's great civilizations. This book, based on fully revised and updated parts one and two of this monumental work,describes the transformations of Islamic societies from their beginning in the seventh century, through their diffusion across the globe, into the challenges of the nineteenth century. The story focuses on the organization of families and tribes, religious groups and states, showing how they were transformed by their interactions with other religious and political communities. The book concludes with the European commercial and imperial interventions that initiated a new set of transformations in the Islamic world, and the onset of the modern era. Organized in narrative sections for the history of each major region, with innovative, analytic summary introductions and conclusions, this book is a unique endeavour.

Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran

Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran
Author: Bruce Lincoln
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004460292

In Religion, Culture, and Politics in Pre-Islamic Iran, Bruce Lincoln offers a vast overview on different aspects of the Indo-Iranian, Zoroastrian and Pre-Islamic mythologies, religions and cultural issues.

Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.)

Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.)
Author: Marek Jan Olbrycht
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2021-05-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004460764

In Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Marek Jan Olbrycht depicts the early Arsakid Parthian state in northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan within the broader historical context of Western and Central Asia in the post-Achaemenid/Hellenistic period.

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 724
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004435549

The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist, and fringe Islamic movements—the authors provide historical overviews, analyses, and in-depth studies of large and small Islamic and related groups from all around the world. The contents of this volume will be of interest to both newcomers to the study of Islam and established scholars of religion who wish to engage with the dynamic label of Islam and the many impactful movements of the Islamic world.

ISIS

ISIS
Author: Fawaz A. Gerges
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691211922

An authoritative introduction to ISIS—now expanded and revised to bring events up to the present The Islamic State stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. However, its most striking and distinctive characteristic was its capacity to build governing institutions and a theologically grounded national identity. What explains the rise of ISIS and the caliphate, and what does it portend for the future of the Middle East? In this book, one of the world’s leading authorities on political Islam and jihadism sheds new light on these questions. Moving beyond journalistic accounts, Fawaz Gerges provides a clear and compelling explanation of the deeper conditions that fuel ISIS. This new edition brings the story of ISIS to the present, covering key events—from the military defeat of its territorial state to the death of its leader al-Baghdadi—and analyzing how the ongoing Syrian, Iraqi, and Saudi-Iranian conflict could lead to ISIS’s revival.

The World Almanac of Islamism 2021

The World Almanac of Islamism 2021
Author: Ilan Berman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 950
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538154005

Now in its fifth edition, The World Almanac of Islamism is the first comprehensive reference work to detail the current activities of radical Islamist movements worldwide. The contributions, written by subject expert, provide up-to-date assessments on the contemporary Islamist threat in all countries and regions where it exists.

From the Khan's Oven

From the Khan's Oven
Author: Eren Tasar
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2021-10-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004471170

Spanning the history of Islamic Central Asia from medieval to modern times, this volume features groundbreaking studies of the region’s religious life and culture by leading scholars in the field.