Shii News – ‘The Qur’ānic Codices and Fragments Ascribed to Imām `Alī and Other Shī`a Imāms’ – M Karimi-Nia
- September 13, 2023
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Shii News – ‘A Senegalese Shi‘i Islamic Development Model’ – M Leichtman
- February 09, 2023
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Shii News – ‘Reducing Middle East tensions, sectarianism and women – J M Dorsey
‘Reducing Middle East tensions potentially lessens sectarianism and opens doors for women
Two separate developments involving improved relations between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and women’s sporting rights demonstrate major shifts in how rivalry for leadership of the Muslim world and competition to define Islam in the 21st century is playing out in a world in which Middle Eastern states can no longer depend on the United States coming to their defence.’
James M Dorsey
9 October 2021
- October 09, 2021
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Shii News – Papal Visit to Iraq
- March 05, 2021
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- February 03, 2021
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Shii News – ‘The New Yorker’ on Sectarianism
The Middle East’s Great Divide Is Not Sectarianism
The spectre of sectarianism haunts the Middle East. It is blamed for chaos, conflict, and extremism. It defines what is seen as the region’s principal fault line: Sunni versus Shiite. It has the power and elegance of a grand theory that seemingly explains all.
- March 12, 2019
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Shii News – The Pope and the UAE’s ‘Month of Tolerance’
Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance
There is no doubt that the UAE is a leader in the Muslim world in promoting concepts of religious tolerance and prevention of religiously packages militancy. In hosting the pope as the star of an inter-faith dialogue organized by the UAE-sponsored Council of Elders, entitled International Interfaith Meeting on Human Fraternity in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE hopes to cement its position as the icon of Muslim tolerance.
- February 04, 2019
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Shii News – Effects of Saudi Effort to Isolate Iran
Saudi effort to isolate Iran internationally produces results
Saudi efforts to isolate Iran internationally are producing results in North Africa and Central Asia. Authorities and religious leaders in Tajikistan and Algeria have in recent weeks accused Iran of subversive activity and propagating Shiism while Morocco last month announced that it was breaking off diplomatic relations with the Islamic republic.
- June 08, 2018
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Shii News – Special Issue of Journal of Muslims in Europe (6/2, 2017)
Journal of Muslims in Europe ” Brill Online
The Journal of Muslims in Europe welcomes articles dealing with contemporary issues of Islam and Muslims in Europe from all disciplines and across the whole region, as well as historical studies of relevance to the present. The focus is on articles offering cross-country comparisons or with significant theoretical or methodological relevance to the field.
With articles by Shanneik et al., Dogra, Boe et al., Langer et al., Chatziprokopiou et al., Lechkar, and Schlatmann.
- December 14, 2017
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Shii News – Britain’s Sale of Surveillance Software
How BAE sold cyber-surveillance tools to Arab states – BBC News
A year-long investigation by BBC Arabic and a Danish newspaper has uncovered evidence that the UK defence giant BAE Systems has made large-scale sales across the Middle East of sophisticated surveillance technology, including to many repressive governments. These sales have also included decryption software which could be used against the UK and its allies.
- June 15, 2017
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