Shi'a Minorities in the Contemporary World: Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality

Global migrations flows in the 20th century have seen the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America and other parts of the world. While there is a growing body of research on Muslim minorities in various regional contexts, the particular experiences of Shi’a Muslim minorities across the globe has only received scant attention.
This book offers new comparative perspectives of Shi’a minorities outside of the so-called ‘Muslim heartland’ (the Middle East, No...