The Other Saudis · Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by Matthiesen, Toby -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Half title page Cambridge Middle East Studies Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Maps and Pictures Acknowledgements A Note on Conventions Glossary Abbreviations Introduction

In the Shadow of the Wahhabiyya The Shia in Historiography Sectarianism and Communal Politics Structure of the Book

1. Politics of Notables

Shia Islam in Eastern Arabia An Imperial Frontier Political Economy of Piety The Shaykhiyya and Clerical Networks Ibn Saud’s Conquest of al-Ahsa and Qatif The Shia Court in Qatif The Shia Court in al-Ahsa Conclusion

2. Oil and Dissent

A Saudi Workers Movement Local Elections Searching for the Arab Nation Communists and Co-optation Conclusion

3. Shia Islamism

The Shirazi Movement The Uprising of 1979 The Limits of Notable Politics Conclusion

4. A Decade of Confrontation

Revolutionary Iran and the Gulf Shia Lost in Exile A Female Vanguard A New Governor and the Decline of the Left The Hajj and Saudi-Iranian Tensions The Line of the Imam Conclusion

5. No More Revolution

The Gulf Crisis and Calls for Reform The Petitions Movement Secret Negotiations The Deal with King Fahd Divided Opposition and the Khobar Bombings Conclusion

6. Marginal Recognition

The Integration of the Opposition Civil Society Shia Courts between Notables and Islamists A Saudi Public Sphere Abdullah and the 2003 Petitions Politics of Representation An Imagined Community Online Conclusion

7. A New Intifada

Sectarian Clashes A Renewed Shia Protest Movement Arrests and the Politics of Notables The First Deaths A Manhunt and Simmering Tensions Conclusion

Conclusion: The Politics of Sectarianism Bibliography Index

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