Religious Minorities in the Middle East: Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation
Author: Anh Nga Longva & Anne Sofie Roald
Publisher/Publication: Brill
DOI/ISBN: ISBN 978-90-04-20742-4
This book focuses on religion as the primary marker in Middle Eastern societies, attempting to examine a wide range of issues about minorities, such as state policies against them as well as their reaction among others. The writers deal with the Maronite and Orthodox Christians in Lebanon, Coptic Christians in Egypt, Christian-Muslim relations in the West Bank, Christian-Muslim relations in Syria, Christians and African tribal religions in Sudan, Zoroastrians in Iran, Baha’is in Iran, as well as Muslim minorities. Although, there is a lack of insights and “the reader is left to draw his or her own conclusions about what this data ultimately means” the book refers to some important issues regarding religious minorities in the contemporary Middle East.
