Cambridge Middle East Studies The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism
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Book
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ISBN 10
1107618231
ISBN 13
9781107618237
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Publication Year
2014
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Volume
46
Pages
277
Subject
Sunnites - Relations - Shiites; Shiites - Relations - Sunnites; Sects - Political Aspects - Saudi Arabia
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Abstract
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. - from Amazon
Description
277 pages; 19 cm
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Number of Copies
1
