{"id":4921,"date":"2024-03-27T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:29:40","slug":"fatwas-and-politics-in-bahrain-exploring-the-post-2011-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4921","title":{"rendered":"Fatwas and Politics in Bahrain: Exploring the Post 2011 Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4921\" class=\"elementor elementor-4921\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d971be0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d971be0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7702a9b\" data-id=\"7702a9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c6f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9c6f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Authors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Rashed Alrasheed, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/ppr\/people\/simon-mabon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon Mabon<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/ppr\/people\/simon-mabon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lancaster University\/ UK<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00263206.2020.1821666?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Middle Eastern Studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Journal<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November 17, 2020\/ UK<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Journal Article<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 16<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00263206.2020.1821666?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00263206.2020.1821666?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sectarianism, Fatwas, Arab Uprisings, sovereignty, Bahrain, Middle East.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The political chaos led by sectarianism in the Middle East has emerged post-Iranian revolution in 1979. Iran exerted its revolution towards the West, which was perceived by King Abdullah of Jordan as establishment of a \u2018Shia Crescent\u2019. The post Arab Spring scenario has excavated the sectarian fault lines in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. The struggle between different sectarian groups to establish respective political spheres of influence has caused mass human casualties. This study divides the age of sectarianism in the region into three camps: primordialists, instrumentalists, and \u2018third ways\u2019. Primordialists seek to reduce the sect base division, whereas instrumentalists believe that sectarianism is a consequence of modernization and a tool to escalate in power politics. The \u2018third ways\u2019 believe that different political entities exploit communal or sectarian differences to stabilize their positions in power corridors. The role of clerics has been seen in both ways, i.e. exaggerating the sectarian conflict and to neutralize the hostile environment. This study analyzes the political environment of Bahrain and the influence of clerics over masses. The article concludes that Salafist cleric Adel al-Maaouda and Shia cleric Issa Qassem initiated efforts to normalize the conflictual environment in Bahrain and compelled the masses to participate in the electoral process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b>By<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Muhammad Taimoor Bin Tanveer, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Rashed Alrasheed, Simon Mabon Affiliation: Lancaster University\/ UK Organization\/Publisher: Middle Eastern Studies Journal Date\/Place: November 17, 2020\/ UK Type of Literature: Journal Article Number of Pages: 16 Link:https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00263206.2020.1821666?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true Keywords: Sectarianism, Fatwas, Arab Uprisings, sovereignty, Bahrain, Middle East. Brief: The political chaos led by sectarianism in the Middle East has emerged post-Iranian revolution in 1979. 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