Open AccessSectarian conflict in Saudi Arabia, "Shiite question"
Author(s) -
Андрей Васильевич Федорченко
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2013-2-29-107-112
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , confessional , position (finance) , political science , sociology , history , law , business , finance , politics , payment
The article deals with the the problems of Shiites community in Saudi Arabia. To this end, issues such as the position of the Shiites in the KSA, the problem of their participation in the public life of the kingdom, the growing protest movement in this community are analyzed. The author assess the prospects for the settlement of inter-confessional conflict between Sunnis and Shiites in the kingdom.