Shi’i Islam and Sufism

Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi’is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the supposed opposition between these two esoteric traditions in Islam by exploring what could be called “Shi’i Sufism” and “Sufi-oriented Shi’ism” at various points in history.

The Kurdish Emirate of Brādōst, 1510-1609 in: Oriente Moderno Volume 99 Issue 3 (2019)

The Brādōst Kurdish emirate, ruling over Rawāndiz and adjoining areas including parts of Urmīya, is one of the numerous Kurdish ruling families of Kurdistan, which succumbed to the conquering Ottoman and Safavid arms in the 16th-century. While Ardalān, Ḥakkārī, Chamīšgazak, and many other Kurdish emirates were yielded to the several recent studies, Brādōst remained a neglected Kurdish emirate.

Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies ” Journal Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies ” Journal ” DergiPark

Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies aims to publish studies reflecting the scientific and academic perspective which are related to Shi’ism that one of the most important Islamic thought schools, and all subjects concerned to it. Our journal is an international academic journal published twice a year on JUNE and DECEMBER in electronic media.

Call for Papers;
Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies is a peer-reviewed international and open access scholarly journal. The journal is dedicated to the scholarly study of all aspects of Shia/Shiism.
The journal is published by the academicians who study this area. The Journal accepts the articles in English, Turkish and Persian.

Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies is Abstracted/Indexed in Google Scholar, DRJI, IndexCopernicus, CiteFactor, ResearchBib, Idealonline. Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies is inviting papers for Vol. 1, No. 2. The online publication date is December 31, 2019. Submission Deadline: November 30, 2019
For any additional information, please contact the executive editor at habibdemir06@gmail.com and turkishshiitestudies@gmail.com

Submit Articles: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/siader

The Alevi question and the limits of citizenship in Turkey

The Alevi question in Turkey is not only about a manifestation of the demands for religious freedoms and pluralism but also an issue of citizenship at least for the last three decades.

The latent politicization of Alevism: the affiliation between Alevis and leftist politics (1960-1980)

1 E. J. Zürcher, Turkey A Modern History (New York: I.B. Tauris, 1994), p.266. 2 E. Aydınoğlu, Türkiye Solu 1960-1980 [ Turkish Left 1960-1980] (Istanbul: Versus, 2007), p.46. 3 K. Karpat, The Gecekondu: The Rural Migration and Urbanization (London: Cambridge University Press, 1976), p. 59. 4 M. N. Danielson, and R.

A Safavid Bureaucrat in the Ottoman World: Mirza Makhdum Sharifi Shirazi and the Quest for Upward Mobility in the İlmiye Hierarchy

This present article examines Mirza Makhdum Sharifi Shirazi’s (1540-87) life and career in the Ottoman Empire. Mirza Makhdum was a high-ranking Twelver Shiite bureaucrat in Safavid Iran, but after taking refuge with the Ottomans, he converted to Sunnism and started a new career as a judge in Diyarbakir, Bilad al-Sham, Baghdad, and the holy cities of the Hijaz.

The War Between the Turks and the Persians

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The making of a transnational religion: Alevi movement in Germany and the World Alevi union

The literature on migrants’ religious movements generally see them as backward and conservative movements that are resistant to change. On the contrary, this paper shows that transnational religious movements are shaped by interactions between origin and destination places’ political, legal and social structures, and may take different pathways across time and place.

NCHR Occasional Paper Series #11 2019 – Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

This paper, Blurring the Line between Countering Terrorism and Countering Dissent: The Case of Saudi Arabia, is written by Dr Norman Cigar, a Research Fellow at the Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA, from which he retired recently as Director of Regional Studies and the Minerva Research Chair.

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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.