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Religious Minorities of the Modern Middle East - A Complete Survey of Non-Muslim Communities (Hardcover, New ed.)
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Religious Minorities of the Modern Middle East - A Complete Survey of Non-Muslim Communities (Hardcover, New ed.)
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The subject of Islam increasingly attracts global attention. This
is to the degree that Middle Eastern commentators sometimes seem to
assume that the region, despite well-known Shia-Sunni distinctions,
is almost homogeneously Muslim. But non-Muslim communities have,
for many centuries, played a vital and significant role in the
area's rich religious and cultural fabric, and deserve proper
assessment in their own right. This timely book offers a lively and
comprehensive survey of all the religious communities, other than
the Muslim majorities, who inhabit the Middle East today. Separate
chapters discuss the history and beliefs of the Alevis, Baha'i,
Christians, Druze, Jews, Mandaeans, Samaritans, Yezidis and
Zoroastrians, highlighting the unique identity and fascinating
character of each tradition. Scholars of international repute
explore the current position of these communities, and their
relationships to their Islamic neighbours. They also trace the
distinctive contributions that each religion has made to the modern
Middle East while alerting readers to the challenges that they now
face. The first authoritative text to cover the whole miscellany of
non-Muslim communities, the book should serve as the ideal point of
departure for students and scholars of contemporary religious and
Middle East studies, as well as for journalists, policymakers and
others interested in better understanding the region's diverse
politics and culture.
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