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Contextualizing Sectarianism in the Middle East and South Asia : Identity, Competition and Conflict

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 [©2023]

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Englisch

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This volume seeks to fill gaps in understanding the complexities associated with sectarianism through a transnational interdisciplinary analytical framework to enhance understanding of the socio-political, religio-political, cultural and security landscapes of the Middle East and South Asia.

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Untangling the Complexities of Sectarianism and Moving Beyond Misconceptions -- 1. Unravelling Sectarianism in South Asia -- 2. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's Identity as the "True Islam" through its Exclusion -- 3. Understanding the Long-term Impact of Mobilizing Militant Islamists in the Soviet-Afghan War: Strategies of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iran -- 4. Advice Columnists in Egypt: Envisioning the Good Life in an Era of Extremism -- 5. Sectarianism's Ambiguity: Lebanon as a Case Study, 1843-1958 -- 6. Falling Together: Identity and the Military in Fragmented Societies -- 7. Accidentally Accelerating Sectarianism: Elections and the U.S. Role in the Iraqi Civil War -- 8. Contextualization of Sectarian Conflict and Violence in Iraq: The Intersection of Identity, Power, and Conflict -- 9. Sectarianism and Counterterrorism: Explaining the "Silent Space" between Policy and Practice -- 10. Old Stately Friends, New Sectarian Foes: The Modern Saudi-Iranian Roots in Shia-Sunni Sectarianism -- Conclusion: The Contextualization of Sectarianism: The Role of Identity, Money, and Competition -- Index.