Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Religion and Conflict Series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islamic countries
/ Islam
/ Religious minority
/ Violent behavior
/ Genocide
/ Case study
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| Further subjects: | B
Religious Minorities
Violence against (Islamic countries)
B Political Violence Religious aspects Islam B Muslims Persecutions (Islamic countries) B Religious Discrimination (Islamic countries) B Religious Tolerance Islam |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | No detailed description available for "Liminal Minorities". Liminal Minorities -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Sinjar, August 2014 -- Introduction: Religious Liminality -- 1. A Theory of Religious Liminality and Violence -- 2. From Liminality to Genocidal Violence: Yezidis of Iraq -- 3. From Massacres to Denied Victimhood: Alevis of Turkey -- 4. Liminality in the Broader Muslim World: Baha'is and Ahmadis -- 5. Religious Liminality and Societal Discrimination in a Global Perspective -- Conclusion: Transcending Liminality -- Appendix for Chapter 2: Fieldwork among Yezidis -- Appendix for Chapter 5: Statistical Results -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. "Why do some religious minorities, lacking any significant power and presenting no imminent threat, become targets of violent attacks? This book is a comparative-historical study of mass atrocities targeting liminal minorities including Yezidis in Iraq in the 2010s and Alevis in Turkey in the late twentieth century"-- |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (271 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-7469-0 |
