What is Shi'i Islam?: An Introduction

by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi and Christian Jambet

Book Overview

For the public at large Shi'ism often implies a host of confused representations, suggesting more often than not obscurantism, intolerance, political violence and other ignominies running hot or cold in response to world events. In fact for many people, Shi'ism stands for "radical Islam", or - worse - "Islamic terrorism". In some respects, nothing is more familiar than Shi'ism, and yet nothing is more misunderstood. For some twenty years the media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138093734
• ISBN13: 9781138093737
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"