{"product_id":"aconcisehistoryofsunnisandshiis","title":"A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn McHugo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9780863569265\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi‘is has rarely been as toxic as it is today, feeding wars and communal strife in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other countries, with tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work reveals how this great divide occurred. Charting the story of Islam from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, he describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi‘ism evolved as different sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi‘i Safavids contrived to ensure that the split would continue into modern times. Now its full, destructive force has been brought out by the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for the soul of the Muslim world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work shows that there was nothing inevitable about the sectarian conflicts that now disfigure Islam. It is an essential guide to understanding the genesis, development and manipulation of the great schism that has come to define Islam and the Muslim world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart One\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. In the Beginning: Before there were Sunnis and Shi'is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. How Civil War Came to Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Of Umayyads and Abbasids\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Split Between Sunnis and Shi'is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Of Ismailis, Assasins, Druze, Zaydis, Gnostic Shi'is, Alawis and Sufis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. How Iran Became Shi'i\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. The Ottoman Empire, India, and the Muslim Reformation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Two\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. The Long 19th Century and the Coming Western Dominance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Between Two World Wars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Tides Ebb and Flow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. The Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. From the Iranian Revolution to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Wedges into Fault-Lines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily Trees\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saqi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6276246568995,"sku":"9780863569265","price":25.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSCF3672.jpg?v=1518068276","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.live\/products\/aconcisehistoryofsunnisandshiis","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}