Sunni Communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013-2021 : : Securitization, Secularization and Privatization.

• Superior document: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Series ; v.131
• Author: Habibi Doroh, Hessam.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (229 pages)

This book reorients our understanding of contemporary Iran by examining the relationship, the interaction and socio-political behaviour between the Islamic Republic and its Sunni minorities.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- Part 1 Confessional Minorities, Comparative Perspectives -- Chapter 1 Coexistence and Religious Differences in Asia -- Chapter 2 The Iranian Perspective -- Comparison and Conclusion of Part 1 -- Part 2 Unity and Its Enemies, Perspectives from Shia Elites -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 3 Unity as the Order -- Chapter 4 Enemies and Their Infiltration -- Annex 1 -- Part 3 Exclusionary Co-existence, Perspectives from Sunni Communities -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Chapter 5 Tolerance, Co-existence and the "Glory of Umma" -- Chapter 6 Injustice, Inequality and Discrimination -- Annex 2 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.