A Concise History of Sunnis & Shi'is
By: McHugo, JohnShare
Language: English
Hardcover w/dustcover
Reviews:
`A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is is an important corrective ... provides the reader not just with all the historical background he or she could want, in an accessible and comprehensible fashion, but also employs this sound knowledge to a clear-headed appraisal of the modern Middle East.' (Times Literary Supplement)
'In lucid and accessible prose, John McHugo shows that there is nothing inevitable about the so-called Sunni-Shi'i divide.' (Madawi Al-Rasheed, author of A History of Saudi Arabia)
`John McHugo takes us through the Sunni-Shi`i divide over 1400 years of Islamic history with good judgement in balancing the various accounts, and a great clarity of expression.' (Moojan Momen, author of Shi`i Islam: A Beginner's Guide)
`It is no mean feat to cover over 1400 years of history ... Masterful and fascinating' (The Jordan Times )
`A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is is an important corrective ... provides the reader not just with all the historical background he or she could want, in an accessible and comprehensible fashion, but also employs this sound knowledge to a clear-headed appraisal of the modern Middle East.' (Times Literary Supplement)
'In lucid and accessible prose, John McHugo shows that there is nothing inevitable about the so-called Sunni-Shi'i divide.' (Madawi Al-Rasheed, author of A History of Saudi Arabia)
`John McHugo takes us through the Sunni-Shi`i divide over 1400 years of Islamic history with good judgement in balancing the various accounts, and a great clarity of expression.' (Moojan Momen, author of Shi`i Islam: A Beginner's Guide)
`It is no mean feat to cover over 1400 years of history ... Masterful and fascinating' (The Jordan Times )
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Product Details
| By: | McHugo, John |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Hardcover w/dustcover |
| Pages: | 352 pp |
| Publisher: | Dar al-Saqi, London/Beirut, 2017 |
| Dimensions: | 15.3 x 24.4 cm |
| ISBN-13: | 9780863561634 |
| Topic: | Sunni-Shii'is Relationship - History |
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In this richly layered and engrossing account, John McHugo 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.
Definitive and insightful, A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi‘is 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.