For the public at large Shi’ism often implies a host of confused representations, suggesting more often than not obscurantism, intolerance, political violence

Attempts to explain the bewildering events in the Middle East.

This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.

Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. The proli

This collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Islamic world, compares the role of women ac