The execution of Nimr al-Nimr has brought the Middle East to a boiling point. But his beliefs were more complicated than anyone will admit.
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IS exploits one of the Gulf states’ main contradictions
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This article analyzes how Saudi Shiʿi historians have adapted tools associated with nationalism to create distinct historical narratives for the Shiʿa of Eastern Arabia.
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Ein schiitischer Kleriker wurde zum Tode verurteilt, weil er gegen das Königshaus protestierte. Eine Terrorzelle des IS richtete darauf Schiiten hin. Der Fall zeigt das Scheitern der saudischen Religionspolitik.
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