Transnational Shia politics: religious and political networks in the Gulf
Laurence Louer, author of the critically acclaimed To Be an Arab in Israel, brings her extensive knowledge of the Middle East to an analysis of the historical origins and present situation of militant Shia transnational networks. She focuses on three key countries in the gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, and S...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Laurence Louer, author of the critically acclaimed To Be an Arab in Israel, brings her extensive knowledge of the Middle East to an analysis of the historical origins and present situation of militant Shia transnational networks. She focuses on three key countries in the gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, whose Shia Islamic groups are the offspring of various Iraqi movements that have surfaced over recent decades. Louer explains how these groups first penetrated local societies by espousing the networks of Shiite clergymen. She then describes the role of factional quarrels and the Iranian revolution of 1979 in defining the present landscape of Shiite Islamic activism in the Gulf monarchies. The reshaping of geopolitics after the Gulf War and the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 had a profound impact on transnational Shiite networks. New political opportunities encouraged these groups to concentrate on national issues, such as becoming fierce opponents of the Saudi monarchy. Yet the question still remains: How deeply have these new beliefs taken root in Islamic society? Are Shiites Saudi or Bahraini patriots? Louer's book also considers the transformation of Shia movements in relation to central religious authority. While they strive to formulate independent political agendas, Shia networks remain linked to religious authorities ( marja) who reside either in Iraq or Iran. This connection becomes all the more problematic should the marja also be the head of a state, as with Iran's Ali Khamenei. In conclusion, Louer argues that the Shia will one day achieve political autonomy, especially as the marja, in order to retain transnational religious authority, begin to meddle less and less in the political affairs of other countries. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VII, 326 S. Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780231700405 |
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII MAPS VIII INTRODUCTION 1 PARTI THE SHIAS
AND THE STATE IN THE GULF 1. IMPOSED STATES 11 ANCIENT BAHRAIN: OUTLINES
OF A HISTORY 12 FROM HISTORY TO MYTH 23 PATTERNS OFSHIA POLITICAL
MOBILIZATION IN BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA 33 2. THE SHIAS IN THE AMBIT OF
THE STATE 45 THE SHIAS IN THE FORMATION OF THE KUWAITI STATE 46 MODES OF
POLITICIZATION 57 PART II CENTRE AND PERIPHERY 3. MEANWHILE IN IRAQ 69
THE FORMATION OF A CENTRAL RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY 69 THE HAWZA IN IRAQI
POLITICS 82 THE SHIRAZIYYIN: RELIGIOUS FACTIONALISM AND POLITICAL
ACTIVISM 88 FROM PRE-NATIONALISM TO TRANS-NATIONALISM 99 4. FROM IRAQ TO
THE GULF 103 ACTING THROUGH THE INSTITUTION: AL-DA 'WA 109 CIRCUMVENTING
THE INSTITUTION: THE SHIRAZIYYIN 120 THE REPRODUCTION OF MARJA'IYYA
FACTIONALISM 129 THE CASE OF SAUDI ARABIA 143 TRANSNATIONAL SHIA
POLITICS PART III IN BETWEEN THE TRANSNATIONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL 5.
SOCIETIES FACE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION 155 INSURRECTIONARY POLITICS IN
BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA 156 KUWAIT: THE BIRTH OF A SHIA OPPOSITION 1 67
6. EXPORTING THE REVOLUTION 177 THE PREDICAMENT OF EXILE POLITICS 177
FROM AL-DA 'WA TO HEZBOLLAH 198 PART IV THE AUTONOMIZATION OF POLITICS
7. POLITICS IS DOMESTIC 225 NEW POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES 225 THE FALL OF
THE BA'TH IN IRAQ: BACK TO SHIA TRANSNATIONALISM? 243 8. TOWARDS
SECULARIZATION? 265 THE EXPANSION OF THE MATJA'IYYA TRANSNATIONAL
NETWORKS 265 THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICS 275 RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
AND POLITICAL DECISION: TWO CASE STUDIES IN BAHRAIN 285 CONCLUSION 297
BIBLIOGRAPHY 302 INDEX 316 VI |
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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII MAPS VIII INTRODUCTION 1 PARTI THE SHIAS
AND THE STATE IN THE GULF 1. IMPOSED STATES 11 ANCIENT BAHRAIN: OUTLINES
OF A HISTORY 12 FROM HISTORY TO MYTH 23 PATTERNS OFSHIA POLITICAL
MOBILIZATION IN BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA 33 2. THE SHIAS IN THE AMBIT OF
THE STATE 45 THE SHIAS IN THE FORMATION OF THE KUWAITI STATE 46 MODES OF
POLITICIZATION 57 PART II CENTRE AND PERIPHERY 3. MEANWHILE IN IRAQ 69
THE FORMATION OF A CENTRAL RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY 69 THE HAWZA IN IRAQI
POLITICS 82 THE SHIRAZIYYIN: RELIGIOUS FACTIONALISM AND POLITICAL
ACTIVISM 88 FROM PRE-NATIONALISM TO TRANS-NATIONALISM 99 4. FROM IRAQ TO
THE GULF 103 ACTING THROUGH THE INSTITUTION: AL-DA 'WA 109 CIRCUMVENTING
THE INSTITUTION: THE SHIRAZIYYIN 120 THE REPRODUCTION OF MARJA'IYYA
FACTIONALISM 129 THE CASE OF SAUDI ARABIA 143 TRANSNATIONAL SHIA
POLITICS PART III IN BETWEEN THE TRANSNATIONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL 5.
SOCIETIES FACE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION 155 INSURRECTIONARY POLITICS IN
BAHRAIN AND SAUDI ARABIA 156 KUWAIT: THE BIRTH OF A SHIA OPPOSITION 1 67
6. EXPORTING THE REVOLUTION 177 THE PREDICAMENT OF EXILE POLITICS 177
FROM AL-DA 'WA TO HEZBOLLAH 198 PART IV THE AUTONOMIZATION OF POLITICS
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NETWORKS 265 THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLITICS 275 RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY
AND POLITICAL DECISION: TWO CASE STUDIES IN BAHRAIN 285 CONCLUSION 297
BIBLIOGRAPHY 302 INDEX 316 VI |
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