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_beng
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_bMAT
100 1 _aMatthiesen, Toby,
_d1984-
_940479
245 1 4 _aThe other Saudis :
_bShiism, dissent and sectarianism /
_cToby Matthiesen.
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2015.
300 _axxiv, 277 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
490 0 _aCambridge Middle East studies ;
_v46.
500 _aIndex : p. 257-277.
504 _aBibliography : p. 221-256.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 1. Politics of notables -- 2. Oil and dissent -- 3. Shia Islamism -- 4. A decade of confrontation -- 5. Marginal recognition -- 6. Arab uprisings -- Conclusion.
520 2 _a"Toby Matthiesen's work traces the regional politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia since the late nineteenth century. The first comprehensive book in English on the topic, it casts new light on the survival strategies and political mobilization of the Shia community as it confronts the repressive machinery of the Saudi regime. The spectrum of Shia opposition groups range from Communists, since the 1950s, to Khomeinists after the Iranian revolution, some of whom use violence against the Saudi state. While most Saudi Shia opposition activists ceased their activities after the agreement with King Fahd in 1993, the regional uprisings since 2011 have reinvigorated tensions between the Shia and the state. The Eastern Province is home to Saudi Arabia's oil and is therefore of immense geopolitical importance, featured in all assessments of Gulf security, national stability, oil markets and Saudi-Iranian relations"--
650 0 _aShiah
_xRelations
_xSunnites.
_2BUEsh
650 0 _aSunnites
_xRelations
_xShiah.
_2BUEsh
650 0 _aShiites
_xPolitical activity
_zSaudi Arabia
_zSharqiyah (Province)
_xHistory.
_2BUEsh
650 0 _aIslam and politics
_zSaudi Arabia
_zSharqiyah (Province)
_xHistory.
_2BUEsh
650 0 _aDissenters
_zSaudi Arabia
_zSharqiyah (Province)
_xHistory.
_2BUEsh
650 0 _aSects
_xPolitical aspects
_zSaudi Arabia
_zSharqiyah (Province)
_xHistory.
_2BUEsh
651 0 _aSharqiyah (Saudi Arabia : Province)
_xPolitics and government.
_2BUEsh
651 0 _aSharqiyah (Saudi Arabia : Province)
_xReligion.
_2BUEsh
653 _bBUSBOL
_cAugust 2016
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