| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 369 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia,
1385-3376 ;
v. 108
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Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 108.
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| Note |
The result of a workshop held in 2008 in Bergen, Norway and in 2009 in Aix-en-Provence, France. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction Domination, Self-empowerment, Accommodation; Part I Non-Muslim Minorities; Chapter One Millets: Past and Present; Chapter Two From the Dhimma to the Capitulations: Memory and Experience of Protection in Lebanon; Chapter Three Contemporary Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt: Local Dynamics and Foreign Influences; Chapter Four Land, Law, and Family Protection in the West Bank; Chapter Five Conviviality and Conflict in Contemporary Aleppo; Chapter Six Freedom of Religion in Sudan |
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Chapter Seven From Power to Powerlessness: Zoroastrianism in Iranian HistoryChapter Eight Baha'is of Iran: Power, Prejudices and Persecutions; Part II Muslim Minorities; Chapter Nine Shi'i Identity Politics in Saudi Arabia; Chapter Ten Nationalism and Confessionalism: Shi'is, Druzes and Alawis in Syria and Lebanon; Chapter Eleven Education and Minority Empowerment in the Middle East; Chapter Twelve Alevis in Turkish Politics; Chapter Thirteen Nationalism and Religion in Contemporary Iran; Conclusion Nation-Building and Minority Rights in the Middle East; Index |
| Summary |
Focusing on the situation of both Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities in the Middle East, this volume offers an analysis of various strategies of resilience and accommodation from a historical as well a contemporary perspective. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Religious minorities -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Religious minorities. |
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Middle East. |
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Middle East -- Religion -- Congresses.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Religion. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Longva, Anh Nga.
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Roald, Anne Sofie.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Religious minorities in the Middle East. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004207424 (DLC) 2011036463 (OCoLC)748330806 |
| ISBN |
9789004216846 (electronic book) |
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9004216847 (electronic book) |
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1283334828 |
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9781283334822 |
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9786613334824 |
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6613334820 |
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9789004207424 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004207422 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004216846 |
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