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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 85465229
TI  - The other Saudis : Shiism, dissent and sectarianism
PY  - 2014
SN  - 1316057712 1316055345 1107337739 1107043042 1107618231
PB  - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Shīʻah
KW  - Sunnites
KW  - Sects
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Dissenters
KW  - Dissidents
KW  - Nonconformists
KW  - Rebels (Social psychology)
KW  - Conformity
KW  - Islam
KW  - Politics and Islam
KW  - Political science
KW  - Denominations, Religious
KW  - Religions, Modern
KW  - Religious denominations
KW  - Religions
KW  - Cults
KW  - Shiites
KW  - Relations
KW  - Sunnites.
KW  - Shīʻah.
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - History.
KW  - Sharqīyah (Saudi Arabia : Province)
KW  - Eastern Province (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - Minṭaqah al-Sharqīyah (Saudi Arabia)
KW  - ash Sharqīyah, Saudi Arabia (Province)
KW  - Politics and government.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Shia Muslims
KW  - Shiah Muslims
KW  - Shiahs
KW  - Shias
KW  - Shiite Muslims
KW  - Muslims
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85465229
AB  - Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of being Shia in a Wahhabi state, and casts new light on how the Shia have mobilised politically to change their position. Shia petitioned the rulers, joined secular opposition parties and founded Islamist movements. Most Saudi Shia opposition activists profited from an amnesty in 1993 and subsequently found a place in civil society and the public sphere. However, since 2011 a new Shia protest movement has again challenged the state. The Other Saudis shows how exclusionary state practices created an internal Other and how sectarian discrimination has strengthened Shia communal identities. The book is based on little-known Arabic sources, extensive fieldwork in Saudi Arabia and interviews with key activists. Of immense geopolitical importance, the oil-rich Eastern Province is a crucial but little known factor in regional politics and Gulf security.
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