Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality

The book explores the experiences of Shi a Muslim minorities across the globe, offering new comparative perspectives outside of the Middle East and South Asia. It highlights the challenges of maintaining Islamic and Shi a identities in communal activities and practices, public perception, and recognition.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Global migrations in the 20th century have led to the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America, and other parts of the world. While there is a growing body of research on Muslim minorities in various regional contexts, the particular experiences of Shi'a Muslim minorities across the globe have received scant attention. This book offers new comparative perspectives of Shi'a minorities outside of the so-called "Muslim heartland" (the Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia). It includes contributions on Shi'a minority communities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and East Asia that emerged out of migration from the Middle East and South Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries, in particular. As a minority within a minority, Shi'a Muslims face the double challenge of maintaining their Islamic identity and a particular Shi'a identity in terms of communal activities and practices, public perception and recognition.

Weight: 658g
Dimension: 161 x 240 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474430371