The Sunna and Shi'a in history division and ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East

Sunni-Shi'i relations have undergone significant transformations in recent decades. In order to understand these developments, the contributors to the present volume demonstrate the complexity of Sunni-Shi'i relations by analyzing political, ideological, and social encounters between the t...

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Other Authors: Bengio, Ofra (Editor), Litvak, Meir (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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Call Number :BP 194.16 .S855 2011

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