Religious minorities in the Middle East : : domination, self-empowerment, accommodation / / edited by Anh Nga Longva, Anne Sofie Roald.
The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always so is to give a simplified picture of a complex reality. Such a description lays empha...
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| Superior document: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, v. 108 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
v. 108. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
| Notes: | The result of a workshop held in 2008 in Bergen, Norway and in 2009 in Aix-en-Provence, France. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction Domination, Self-empowerment, Accommodation / Anh Nga Longva
- Millets: Past and Present / Maurits H. van den Boogert
- From the Dhimma to the Capitulations: Memory and Experience of Protection in Lebanon / Anh Nga Longva
- Contemporary Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt: Local Dynamics and Foreign Influences / Grégoire Delhaye
- Land, Law, and Family Protection in the West Bank / Bård Kårtveit
- Conviviality and Conflict in Contemporary Aleppo / Annika Rabo
- Freedom of Religion in Sudan / Anne Sofijie Roald
- From Power to Powerlessness: Zoroastrianism in Iranian History / Michael Stausberg
- Bahaʾis of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions / Margit Warburg
- Shiʿi Identity Politics in Saudi Arabia / Laurence Louër
- Nationalism and Confessionalism: Shiʿis, Druzes and Alawis in Syria and Lebanon / Kais M. Firro
- Education and Minority Empowerment in the Middle East / Catherine Le Thomas
- Alevis in Turkish Politics / Ali Çarkoğlu and Nazlı Çağın Bilgili
- Nationalism and Religion in Contemporary Iran / Eliz Sanasarian
- Conclusion Nation-Building and Minority Rights in the Middle East / Elizabeth Picard
- Index.