Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies
About the Book Series
This series aims to publish important monographs on all aspects of Shi'i and Iranian history. The Shi'a comprise some 10% of the world's 1 billion Muslims. In Iran Shi'ism has been the established faith since the 16th century, but the Shi'a form a sizeable minority in such other countries as Iraq, various of the Gulf countries, India and Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, as well as Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and areas in eastern Africa.
The series will aim to highlight especially the work of junior scholars. Special efforts will be made to seek out the work of scholars based elsewhere in Europe, the US and in both the Middle East and the Far East.
What is Shi'i Islam?: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Christian Jambet
April 30, 2018
For the public at large Shi’ism often implies a host of confused representations, suggesting more often than not obscurantism, intolerance, political violence and other ignominies running hot or cold in response to world events. In fact for many people, Shi’ism stands for "radical Islam", or – ...
The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears
1st Edition
By Toby Howarth
April 14, 2011
One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a ...