Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a hierocracy and final

In this timely book, completed before the current outbreak of unrest in Bahrain that has formed part of the Arab Spring, Laurence Louer explains, the background

Surveys the landscape of modern sectarianism within Islam in North Africa and the Middle East.

Sheds light on the political, sociological and ideological processes that are affecting the dynamics of Sunni-Shia relations

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