ABSTRACT
The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political strategies that have
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|26 pages
Shi'ism, Islam, and the West
part 2|88 pages
Iran: Shi'ism and Revolution
part 3|54 pages
Iraq and the Gulf: Between Shi'ism and Arabism
part 4|68 pages
Lebanon and Syria: Protest of the Disinherited
part 5|55 pages
South Asia: Frontier Shi'ism