1st Edition
Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism Trends and Patterns
Introduction - Assaf Moghadam Part I: Historical, Doctrinal and Religious Context 1: The Rise of Shia Ideology in Pre-Revolutionary Iran - Babak Rahimi 2: Ayatollah Khomeini and the Velayat-e Faqih - David Menashri Part II: Trends and Patterns in the Shii Heartland and Beyond 3: Iran - Sanam Vakil 4: Iraq - Reidar Visser 5: Lebanon - Benedetta Berti 6: Saudi Arabia - Toby Jones 7: Pakistan - Hassan Abbas 8: Afghanistan - Brian Williams 9: Kuwait and Bahrain - Uzi Rabi Conclusion: Trends, Types and Drivers of Militancy Among Shiis - Assaf Moghadam
Biography
Assaf Moghadam is Senior Lecturer at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, and Senior Fellow at its International Institute of Counterterrorism (ICT). He was previously Director of Terrorism Studies at the Combating Terrorism Center, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy at West Point, USA. His publications include, as co-editor, Fault Lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic, and Ideological Fissures (also published by Routledge).
