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# A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi'is

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Insights you won't find in other books on the Sunni-Shia schism
  

*by N***B on Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018*

I've read a lot of books on Islam and always seem to walk away with as many questions as answers. This book offers many more answers that really help to understand the conflict between Sunnis and Shias that underlies so many of the conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia.There were a few places where many Middle Eastern names were referenced that made the read a little challenging, but I powered through and soon found many more chapters of very useful insights. From time to time McHugo does present views that conflict with my own, but I find his perspective useful as a counterpoint.There are few books that I have read that offer this much value. The research is extraordinary and McHugo does a commendable job of diffusing complexity and communicating non-fiction in the manner of a storyteller.

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    Very useful
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in Australia on January 1, 2023*

A useful summary of the history of Islam and the main sets of believers. Written for the general reader and entertaining if somewhat depressing

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    From the time of the Prophet right up to the Iraq War
  

*by D***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2019*

John McHugo's book has been widely lauded in the press, and I am happy to echo these plaudits. The hefty tome (306 pp without the abundant critical apparatus) is divided into two parts, which might have been (but aren't) called "old stuff" and "new stuff " (the latter including "the long nineteenth century", the history of increasing western influence/interference in the twentieth century, and recent or current political events).The "old stuff" is fascinating especially chapters 5 & 6, but tells of theological divergences rather than a rift. Only at the end, with the rise of Wahhabism, seeking a faith true to its founding texts and stripped of cultural accretions, does opposition to shi'ism become venomous.The entrenchment of the Sunni/Shia divide is recent, and its causes complex. In large part, they are not religious at bottom; contact with- and reaction to western ideology and meddling play a large part. Initially, the Iranian revolution provided an anti-western model for all Muslims to follow, but established régimes were anxious to protect their interests by resisting revolution. While at intervals it has been suggested shi'ism should be considered another (5th) legitimate school of jurisprudence, this was never in politicians' interests.As western armed intervention has destroyed such democratic structures as the Middle East may have possessed, sectarian patronage often remains the only recourse. The rise of Saudi, and (hence) Wahhabi influence has exacerbated and deepened the rift, while Iran fears the extending influence of USA/Israel.Only recently I was telling someone a dissertation has a beginning, a middle and an end. If I have a criticism to offer, it would be that having followed political events in the Middle East right up to the present, the author does not really draw together a synthesis of his ideas; perhaps the events in question are a work in progress, and it is too early to predict where they will lead.

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