See also:
https://amwaj.media/media-monitor/rare-sectarian-shooting-in-oman-stokes-fears-of-is-resurgence
https://apnews.com/article/oman-islamic-state-mosque-shooting-07f93df5bbe9bbb454da92f73a2a1499
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/24/oman-mosque-attack-whats-isils-game-plan

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‘The Historical Roles of Jihād in Sunnī-Shīʿī Relations’
D. Stewart,
The Journal of the Middle East and Africa Volume 12, 2021 – Issue 2

Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages,
Religion, Gender, and Belonging
Edited by Yafa Shanneik, Annelies Moors
Rutgers University Press, 2021
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‘Legacies of Islamic Ecumenicism:
Taqrib, Shi’a-Sunni Relations, and Globalized Politics in the Middle East’
Weatherhead Center, 2021
M. Sagha, ed.
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‘Teaching Ethics in Early Ibadism: A Preliminary Study’
Jana Newiger,
In: Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change (2 vols)
Leiden, 2020
Editor: Sebastian Günther
https://brill.com/view/title/56045

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