TY  - GEN
T1  - The Sunni-Shi'a divide : Islam's internal divisions and their global consequences
A1  - Betts, Robert Brenton
LA  - English
PP  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Potomac Books
YR  - 2013
ED  - 1st ed.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn902599977
AB  - Until the attacks of September 11, 2001, few Americans knew anything about Islam, let alone about the distinctions between Sunni and Shiæa, the Sufi and Wahhabi, the origins of the Holy QurÆan and Shariæa law, and the respect that all Muslims, even secular ones, harbor for the prophet Muhammad, his family, and Islamic traditions. In The Sunni-Shiæa Divide Robert Betts traces the tortuous history of IslamÆs sectarian divisions, emphasizing the most important one, the Shiæa departure from Sunni ôorthodoxy.ö. Although the majority of Muslims remain faithful to the Sunni sect of Islam, approximately 15 percent subscribe to the Shiæa creed. As AmericaÆs involvement in the Middle East drags on, Betts reiterates that policymakers, scholars, and laymen alike must understand the many faces of Islam, the internal forces in the United States that have brought us into these conflicts, and the role of Israel in the regionÆs escalating tensions. How the increasing hostility between the two main Islamic factions plays out on the world stageuas Sunni Turkey, Shiæa Iran, and their allies vie for dominanceuis of major consequence for everyone, especially financially strapped Europe and the United States.
OP  - 181
CN  - BP194.16 .B48 2013eb
SN  - 9781612345239
SN  - 1612345239
SN  - 9781612345222
SN  - 1612345220
KW  - Sunnites : Relations : Shīʻah.
KW  - Shīʻah : Relations : Sunnites.
KW  - Islam and world politics.
KW  - Politique mondiale : Aspect religieux : Islam.
KW  - Sunnisme : Relations : Chiisme.
KW  - Chiisme : Relations : Sunnisme.
KW  - RELIGION : Islam : General.
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Islam and world politics
KW  - Shīʻah
KW  - Sunnites
ER  -