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The Entrenchment of 'Non-Sectarian' Sunnism in Yemen

open access: yes, 2001
One of the salient features of religious life in Yemen in the modern period has been the fading of historically rooted Yemeni forms of Islam. Zaydi scholars, for example, have been reduced to a minority group within the body of the ulama and have little say in the running of the country's affairs.
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VARIETIES OF ISLAMISM IN YEMEN: THE LOGIC OF INTEGRATION UNDER PRESSURE

open access: yes, 2009
International audienceOne of the most remarkable features of the contemporary Yemeni political formula has been its capacity to deal with the various Islamist ideal-types through integration and cooptation rather than repression.
Bonnefoy, Laurent
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Political Instrumentalisation of Islam, Persistent Autocracies, and Obscurantist Deadlock [PDF]

open access: yes
The empirical literature has established a strong link between the fact of being a Muslim-dominated country and indicators of political performance and democracy. This suggests the possible existence of a relation between religion, Islam in this instance,
Jean-Philippe Platteau
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