The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism

الغلاف الأمامي
Cambridge 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
Index
257
حقوق النشر

طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات

عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة

نبذة عن المؤلف (2014)

Toby Matthiesen is a research fellow in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.

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