Imam Khomeini and the new Iran 
.... The world of the 1970s was familiar with leftist revolutionaries and their ideologies; by comparison, it knew little of
Shia Islamic militancy, the program of ....
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SUNNI AND SHIA IN THE ARABIAN GULF
.... immediate position, as the persistance of sectarian tension interacts with growing support among both
Shia and Sunni for a specifically
Islamic political agenda ....
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Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
.... law" was exercised by the local madrasas, or law schools, along the lines of Shari'a, or
Islamic law (Lapidus, 1988, pp. 164-67). Among
Shia population groups ....
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SHIISM IN PAKISTAN This research traces the pol
.... there were two problems with Zia's policy: Most Pakistanis are Sunni, but there is a substantial minority of
Shia whose interpretation of
Islamic law differs ....
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Terrorist Operations Findings In the course
.... 5. To the
Islamic world: that Hezbollah and the ideology of
Shia Islamic fundamentalism which it embodies is potent, and capable of forcing the United States ....
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Middle East Terrorist Actions Analysis Introduction
.... 5. To the
Islamic world: that Hezbollah and the ideology of
Shia Islamic fundamentalism which it embodies is potent, and capable of forcing the United States ....
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Approach of Islamic Law to Criminal Justice This study seeks to ...
.... world. In addition to the heterodox
Shia legal tradition, four main orthodox Sunni schools of
Islamic thought developed. Because ....
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Development of Shari'a ABSTRACT
.... world. In addition to the heterodox
Shia legal tradition, four main orthodox Sunni schools of
Islamic thought developed. Because ....
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Causes & Consequences of Iran-Iraq War
.... In 1969 with the formation of the Al Daawa al Iamiya (the
Islamic Call), they .... On Hussein's orders,
Shia Ayatollah Baqr Sadr and his sister were tortured and ....
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Islamic Law and Penology CHAPTER V
.... To Sunnis he is a
Shia heretic, and even many Shias would find his .... public, Khomeini became the living embodiment of "Islam." The rise of
Islamic movements in ....
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AL-QAEDA AND THE CHANGING FACE OF TERRORISM
.... (
Shia Islam, followed by Iranians, a majority of Iraqis, and minorities elsewhere in the
Islamic world, is detested by Wahhabis as heretical.) Although born to ....
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Democracy, Islam and Women
.... hard way by repeatedly preventing free elections that would certainly be won by candidates expressing
Islamic values, since the more conservative
Shia are 60 ....
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Aftermath of September 11
.... general facts came about as a result of library research into
Islamic culture. However, this project was gradually narrowed to a study of
Shia Islam, through ....
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Terrorist Activities Findings We have seen that in the cour
.... In most of the
Islamic world, which is largely Sunni, the specifically
Shia content of the Iranian revolution had relatively little cogency. ....
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IMPACT OF MUSLIM SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
.... destruction of towns and the decline of state protection,
Islamic leadership in .... movements flourished in modern Iran such as the Sunni-
Shia Hibrawi mystical ....
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Islam in History
.... to return to a pre-
Islamic order. The main weakness of the Omayyad order was the recurrent feuds of the Arab tribes themselves. This led to the
Shia revolt (154 ....
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The Lives of Jesus and Muhammad
.... 434-5). Yet human fallibility did challenge
Islamic exceptionalism immediately upon Muhammad's .... between the Medina faction, or the Sunni, and the
Shia, loyal to ....
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Patterns in Arab History
.... and son-in-law Ali and the great split between Sunni and
Shia Muslims (literally .... was he to have and who should constitute the elite of the
Islamic state" (87). ....
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International Terrorism and Response in US
.... Terms such as
Shia and Sunni, mullah, jihad, and so forth, previously the province of
Islamic specialist, have become familiar to millions of television news ....
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The Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88
.... fragmented. Moreover, the
Shia branch of Islam, though a minority in most of the
Islamic world, gradually became the majority in Iran. In ....
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The Origins of Middle Eastern Terrorism
.... control of its oil trade and sponsorship of the despotic Shah,
Islamic sectarianism and .... Iran endorsed when it did not sponsor international rule by
Shia Islam. ....
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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church
.... in Albania, the Ottomans forcibly converted young males to the
Islamic faith and .... of Sunni Muslims, primarily of Turkish descent, and
Shia Muslims, primarily of ....
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THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION
.... which is why "
Islamic states" have been the exception rather than the rule in the history of the Muslim world. However, Iranian Shiism and the
Shia ulama did ....
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International Terrorism Intro
.... Terms such as
Shia and Sunni, mullah, jihad, and so forth, previously the province of
Islamic specialist, have become familiar to millions of television news ....
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World Trade Center Bombing & Shakh Abdul Rahman
.... Terms such as
Shia and Sunni, mullah, jihad, and so forth, previously the province of
Islamic specialist, have become familiar to millions of television news ....
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Human Rights Violations CHAPTER IV
.... on the "
Islamic" regime which has garnered the greatest public attention in the West; Khomeini's Iran. In this case, the revolutionary ideology was
Shia Islam ....
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Use of Metaphors Associated with Islam
.... A brief circuit of the
Islamic world will identify current or potential sources .... new flashpoints for conflict among Turks and Kurds, Sunni and
Shia Iraqis, and ....
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The Message of Terrorism TABLE
.... Terms such as
Shia and Sunni, mullah, jihad, and so forth, previously the province of
Islamic specialist, have become familiar to millions of television news ....
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DRUZE This research paper traces the origins, h
.... After Ali was assassinated in 661, the
Shia and other Alid parties in Mesopotamia .... Many of its roots came from Islam, but various
Islamic beliefs and practices ....
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Women in Kuwait
.... for understanding the status and role of women, is its
Islamic character and .... of the population is Sunni, which is more conservative than the
Shia minority. ....
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