Religious Minorities in the Middle East: Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation

ISBN-13: 9789004207424 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 370 str.

Anne Sofie Roald;Anh Nga Longva

Opis

The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always so is to give a simplified picture of a complex reality. Such a description lays emphasis on the challenges faced by the minorities, while overlooking their astonishing ability to mobilize internal and external resources to meet these challenges. Through the study of strategies of domination, resilience, and accommodation among both Muslim and non-Muslim minorities, this volume throws into relief the inherently dynamic character of a relationship which is increasingly influenced by global events and global connections.

Spis treści

List of Contributors
Preface

Introduction: Domination, Self-empowerment, Accommodation, Anh Nga Longva

PART I: NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES
1. Millets: Past and Present, Maurits H. van den Boogert
2. From the Dhimma to the Capitulations: Memory and Experience of Protection in Lebanon, Anh Nga Longva
3. Contemporary Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt: Local Dynamics and Foreign Influences, Grégoire Delhaye
4. Land, Law, and Family Protection in the West Bank, Bård Kårtveit
5. Conviviality and Conflict in Contemporary Aleppo, Annika Rabo
6. Freedom of Religion in Sudan, Anne Sofie Roald
7. From Power to Powerlessness: Zoroastrianism in Iranian History. Michael Stausberg
8. Baha is of Iran: Power, Prejudices, and Persecution, Margit Warburg

PART II: MUSLIM MINORITIES
9. Shii Identity Politics in Saudi Arabia, Laurence Louër
10. Nationalism and Confessionalism: Shiis, Druzes and Alawis in Syria and Lebanon, Kais M. Firro
11. Education and Minority Empowerment in the Middle East, Catherine Le Thomas
12. Alevis in Turkish Politics, Ali Çarkoglu and Nazli Çagin Bilgili
13. Nationalism and Religion in Contemporary Iran, Eliz Sanasarian

Conclusion: Nation-Building and Minority Rights in the Middle East, Elizabeth Picard

Index

O autorze

Anh Nga Longva is Professor in Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen (Norway). She has published extensively on minority issues in Norway, the Arab Gulf, and Lebanon.
Anne Sofie Roald is Professor in Religious Studies and Senior Researcher and former head of the research program Politics of Faith at Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. Her publications deal mainly with gender issues, conversion, multiculturalism, Islamism, and Arab media.

Contributors include: Maurits H. van den Boogert, Nazl Çag n Bilgili, Ali Çarkoglu, Grégoire Delhaye, Kais M. Firro, Bård Kårtveit, Catherine Le Thomas, Anh Nga Longva, Laurence Louër, Elizabeth Picard, Annika Rabo, Anne Sofie Roald, Eliz Sanasarian, Michael Stausberg, and Margit Warburg