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Sunnite-Shiite Polemics in Norway
FLEKS - Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and Practice, 2016 As a result of the so-called Islamic State’s expansion in Syria and Iraq, Sunnite-Shiite polarization appears as an increasingly relevant topic, including among Muslims in Europe. Taking into consideration that this is a relatively new manifestation of intolerance in the West, such intra-Islamic tensions remain an under-researched subject and are ...
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Lessons from the Syria‐Hezbollah Criminal Syndicate, 1985–2005
Middle East Policy, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 98-119, Summer 2025.Abstract Hezbollah, founded with the intention of destroying Israel, has long engaged in illicit efforts to amass resources the size of some states’ coffers. The Lebanese group's long‐running global criminal syndicate with the Assad regime, initially forged in the 1980s, more recently allowed it to fight for more than a decade in the Syrian conflict ...
Iftah Burman, Yehuda Blanga
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The Critical Study of Viewpoints Regarding Nasser e- Kabir and His Household’s Religion [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2015 The present writing is to critically investigate the diverse viewpoints concerning the religion of Nasser e- Kabir and his household. There exist two viewpoints in this regard: a group of authors in many centuries with various belief tendencies and ...
Seyed Ali Musavinezhad +1 more
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Collision Course: How Iran and Israel Brought the Middle East to the Brink of War
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 289-298, May 2025.ABSTRACT This policy analysis asks: what has caused and now sustains the violent escalation cycle that is re‐defining the Middle East and how will this all end? It analyses Iran and Israel's grand strategies. It argues that both employ force to achieve strategic depth and both bifurcate the region into two blocs doomed to constantly fight for hegemony.
Rob Geist Pinfold +2 more
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The US influence in shaping Iraq's sectarian media [PDF]
, 2013 After the Anglo-American invasion, the US neo-conservative administration established the Iraqi Governing Council in July 2003, which included 25 members selected for their ethnic and religious origins; it was the most obvious sign of the US political ...
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Forward Defence, Hamas‐Hezbollah War With Israel and Iran's Path to Nuclear Bombs
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 299-305, May 2025.ABSTRACT In the wake of the Hamas–Hezbollah war with Israel following the 7 October 2023, the Iran–Israel shadow war escalated into direct military conflict. While addressing the characteristics of Iran's deterrence strategy, the present contribution argues that in case of escalation in the Middle East region, the so‐called ‘forward defence’ doctrine ...
Mohammad Eslami, Christian Kaunert
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Nehcü’l-Belâga ve Kaynakları Sorunu
Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies, 2019 Müslümanların on dört asırdan fazla devam edegelen tarihsel süreçlerinde yüzlerce mezhep ortaya çıkmıştır. Bunların çoğu tarihin dehlizlerinde kaybolup gitmiş; bazıları ise yaşama imkânı bularak günümüze kadar var olmuştur.
Hasan Apaydın
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A Study Concerning Abdullah Ibn e- Saba’ [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2015 The historical existence of an individual named Abdullah Ibn e- Saba’ is considered as one of the issues of dispute in the historical texts in regard with the study of sects in the world of Islam and regarding its significance, the orientalists are of ...
Alireza Zakizadeh Ranani
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Belonging's Belongings: Sunni Waqfs and the Limits of Community in Beirut
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 48, Issue 1, May 2025.ABSTRACT Lebanon is often described as being plagued by interreligious conflict among the country's eighteen religious communities. Since the mid‐2000s, with the political dominance of Shiʿi Hezbollah, Sunni‐Shiʿi tensions have been particularly acrimonious in multireligious Beirut.
Nada Moumtaz
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The Role of Shiite Tribe of Abdolqais on the Cultural- Social Life of Kufah in Time of Imams PBUT [PDF]
تاریخ اسلام, 2016 Banu Abdolqais is considered as an Arabic tribe in the north of peninsula who were resident in old Bahrain including: Kuwait, Ehsa’, Qatar, the islands of current Bahrain since centuries before Islam. Following the establishment of Kufah, a group of this
Mahdi Soleimani Ashtiyani +1 more
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