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1 online resource |
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Cover; Saudi Clerics and Shī'a Islam; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Conventions; Nouns and Adjectives; Introduction; The 'Ulamā' and Shī'a Islam; Religious Convictions; Political Circumstances; Categorizing the 'Ulamā'; Outline of Chapters; 1. The Saudi 'Ulamā'; The Emergence of Wahhābism; The Relationship between the 'Ulamā' and the Ruling Family (Umarā'): State Bureaucratization; Establishment 'Ulamā'; Education; Interpreters of the Sharī'ah; Regulators of Morality; Non-establishment 'Ulamā'; Conclusion; 2. The Sunni-Shī'a Divide: A Historical Overview |
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Origins: The Shī'a FaithThe Shī'a during the Umayyad Caliphate; The Shī'a during the 'Abbasid Caliphate; The Shī'a during the Ottoman Caliphate and the Rise of the Safavid and Qajar Dynasties; Shī'a Evolution and Sunni Scholars; Imām Mālik Ibn Anas: The Early Period of Shī'a Evolution; Ibn Taymiyyah; Maḥmūd Shaltūt and Yūsuf al-Qarḍāwī; Conclusion; 3. The Theological Convictions of the Saudi 'Ulamā' toward Shī'īsm; Who Are the Rāfiḍah?; Shī'a Religious Beliefs: The Interpretations of the Saudi 'Ulamā'; The Shī'a Imāmate and the Infallibility of the Shī'a Imāms |
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Similarities between the Jews, the Christians, the Zoroastrians, and the Shī'aThe Twelvers Belief in the Twelve Imāms; The Shī'a Belief in the Awaited Mahdī and the Return (al-Raj'ah) of the Shī'a Imāms; Shī'a Religious Practices; Shī'a Prayers; Conclusion; 4. The Saudi 'Ulamā' and the Internal Shī'a Threat; The Treatment of Shī'a in Saudi Arabia; The Road to Change: Myths and Realities; The Early 'Ulamā'; The Saudi 'Ulamā' and Shī'a Political Activism; Saudi 'Ulamā': Different Approaches and Methods; Population and Birth Rates |
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Saudi Shī'a: Accusations of Disloyalty and Transnational AffiliationsThe Kingdom's Other Shī'a Communities: Differentiation and Marginalization; Shī'a Access to Saudi Education; The Perception of Shī'a Economic Threat: The Saudi Labor Market; Spreading Deviance: Saudi 'Ulamā' and Shī'a Religious Activities; Counterattacks: When the Shī'a Question the Saudi 'Ulamā'; Conclusions; 5. The Saudi 'Ulamā' and the External Shī'a Threat: The Case of Iran; Saudi-Iranian Relations: Before the 1978-1979 Revolution; Saudi-Iranian Relations: After the 1978-1979 Iranian Revolution |
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The Attitudes of the Early 'Ulamā' and Shī'īsm in PersiaContemporary Saudi 'Ulamā' and Iran; Khomeini and the Iranian Revolution; Perceptions of the Iranian Plot against Sunnis and Arabs; The Treatment of Sunnis in Iran; Iran's Religious and Political Activities in the Muslim World; Hezbollah: Iran's Protégé; The Syrian Regime; Saudi 'Ulamā': Iran's Relations with the United States and Israel; Conclusion; 6. The Saudi 'Ulamā' and the External Shī'a Threat: The Case of Bahrain, Iraq, and Yemen; Bahrain; Iraq; Yemen; Conclusion; Conclusion-Shī'a Theology: The Foundation of Animosity |
| Summary |
This book examines the attitudes of the Saudi 'ulama' toward the Shi'a. It is an in-depth study of the theological convictions of the 'ulama' and their political motivation when examining Shi'a sects, communities, and political actors. The Saudi 'ulama' are known for their strong opposition to Shi'a theology, Shi'a communities in Saudi Arabia, and external Shi'a influences such as Iran and Hezbollah |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Sunnites -- Relations -- Shīʻah.
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Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Interfaith relations
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Shīʻah
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Sunnites
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Persian Gulf Region -- Foreign relations -- Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- Persian Gulf Region
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Persian Gulf Region
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Saudi Arabia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190233327 |
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019023332X |
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9780190233334 |
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0190233338 |
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