Title:	The Shi‘a of Lebanon
Other Titles:	Clans, Parties and Clerics
Authors:	Professor Ahmad Shbou Shanahan, Rodger
Keywords:	Clans, Parties and Clerics
Issue Date:	2005
Publisher:	Tauris Academic Studies
Description:	The struggle for political empowerment by ethnic and religious communities is a recurring theme in the history of the Middle East. The creation of states whose political boundaries, drawn up after the end of the First World War, are largely artificial, has led to the situation in which societal elements with varying degrees of affinity for the state they inhabit have struggled for equal recognition in its political system. This is illustrated by the situation confronting the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, and the Shi‘a Muslims in Iraq, Bahrain and other countries. The question of political participation by ethnic or religious communities in Middle Eastern states is of critical importance in determining the region’s future direction
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/51567
ISBN:	1 85043 766 1
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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