ABSTRACT
This book delineates the Islamic revolution's impact mainly on the Muslim Middle East and examines the first decade of the revolution. It deals with the repercussions of the revolution in several Shi'i communities and examines Sunni polemical writings on the Shi'a and the Iranian revolution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|91 pages
Islamic Universalism and Iranian Impetus
part 2|49 pages
Arab Shi’i Communities: Emulation and Subversion
part 3|80 pages
The Sunni-Arab Heartland: Inspiration, Suspicion, and Confrontation
part 4|37 pages
Across the Northern Tier: Containment from Within
