This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.

Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. The proli

Attempts to explain the bewildering events in the Middle East.

For the public at large Shi’ism often implies a host of confused representations, suggesting more often than not obscurantism, intolerance, political violence