Essays about: "Shi’a"

Showing result 11 - 12 of 12 essays containing the word Shi’a.

  1. 11. Is Iran an Islamic State : A Comparison between Shia Islamic Theory of State and Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Republic of Iran

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Andersson; [2009]
    Keywords : Ayatollah Khomeini; Guardianship of the Jurist; Imamate; Islamic Governance; Islamic Republic of Iran; Islamic State; Political Islam. Shia Islamic Leadership; Velayat-e Faqih; Ayatollah Khomeini; Imamatet; Islamisk statsteori; Islamiska Republiken Iran; Isla-miska Staten; Politisk Islam. Shia Islamiska Ledarskapet; Velayat-e Faqih; Juristens väktarskap;

    Abstract : The Islamic Republic of Iran‟s alleged pursuit of nuclear missile capabilities is proving in-creasingly problematic for the international community, which places the country in a sig-nificant position in world politics. In turn, the world‟s attention towards the thirty-year-old Republic established by the late Ayatollah Khomeini has resurged. READ MORE

  3. 12. Iraq’s Complex Foreign Policy Conduct: Major Iraqi Communities, their divergent Interests and the Intervening Neighboring Countries (2004-2009)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Yosra Khalil Wahab; [2009]
    Keywords : foreign threat assessment; Iraq’s neighboring countries; foreign policy executive; neoclassical realism; Iraq’s major societal groups; national interests; international constraints; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study is analyzing the foreign relations of three major Iraqi communities, namely the Shia Arabs, the Kurds and Sunni Arabs. In order to properly characterize these communities’ external relations with neighboring countries, some of their foreign policy choices are examined at national and regional contexts. READ MORE