The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and SectarianismCambridge University Press, 22/12/2014 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. |
المحتوى
Introduction | 1 |
The Shia in Historiography | 10 |
Structure of the Book | 19 |
Hufuf | 54 |
Oil and Dissent | 66 |
Shia Islamism | 91 |
A Decade of Confrontation | 114 |
No More Revolution | 140 |
Crown Prince Sultan bin ʿAbd alʿAziz Sadiq alJubran | 158 |
Marginal Recognition | 166 |
ʿAli alSayyid Nasir Muhammad alJaziri Hussayn | 190 |
A New Intifada | 197 |
Bibliography | 221 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abdallah Abu Khamsin activists Ahmad al-Ahsa al-Ahsa ʾ al-Jazira al-Jazira al-ʿArabiyya al-Jishi al-Khatti al-Khunayzi al-Mudarrisi al-Nimr al-Qatif al-shaykh al-shi ʿ al-su ʿ udiyya al-Thawra al-Islamiyya al-Waha al-ʿAwwami amongst Arab Arabian Peninsula ARAMCO arrested Awwamiyya Baath Party Bahrain became Beirut Communist Dammam Dhahran Eastern Province elections Fahd groups Gulf Hamza al-Hasan Hasan al-Saffar hawza Hizbullah al-Hijaz Hufuf Hussayn Ibn Saud Ibrahim Interview intifada Iran Iranian Revolution Iraq Islamic Islamist Khat Khat al-Imam Khobar Kuwait leaders leftists li-l-Nashr London Louër Middle East movement Muhammad al-Shirazi Muhammad bin Fahd Muharram municipal Muslims Najaf Nasir notable families November OIRAP organisations Ottoman political protests qadi Qatif Rasid religious Riyadh ruling family Safwa Saihat Saudi Arabia Saudi Shia Sawt sectarian Shaykh Shi ʿ Shia clerics Shia courts Shia Islam Shia notables Shia opposition Shiite shirazi shiraziyyun Shiʿa Sunni Tawfiq al-Sayf Transnational wa-l-Nashr wa-l-Tawzi Wahhabi ʿ ulama ʾ ʿAbd al-Karim ʿAli