Shi'ism, Resistance, And Revolution

• Author(s): Martin Kramer, Shaul Bakhash, Clinton Bailey, Michael M J Fischer,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 324
• ISBN_10: 1000311430
  ISBN_13: 9781000311433
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / Middle Eastern , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... 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