Yafa Shanneik
Researcher
Shi’a Minorities in the Contemporary World : Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality
Editor
- Oliver Scharbrodt
- Yafa Shanneik
Summary, in English
Global migration flows in the 20th century have seen the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America and other parts of the world. This book offers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi’a Muslim minorities outside the so-called ‘Muslim heartland’ (Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia). It looks at Shi’a minority communities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia and discusses the particular challenges these communities face as ‘a minority within a minority’.
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Document type
Book
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Topic
- Religious Studies
- History of Religions
- Cultural Studies
Keywords
- Diaspora
- global migration
- globalisation
- Islam
- migration
- multilocality
- Muslim diaspora
- Muslim minorities
- Shi’ism
- transnationalism
Status
Published
Project
- Alterumma - Creating an Alternative umma: Clerical Authority and Religio-political Mobilisation in Transnational Shii Islam
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781474430401
- ISBN: 9781474430395
- ISBN: 9781474430371
- ISBN: 9781474430388