Shia Halfmoon

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The "Shia Halfmoon", the numbers shows the percent of Shia in the population
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The "Shia Halfmoon", the numbers shows the percent of Shia in the population

Shia Halfmoon is used as political and geo-political term to descripe the different countries who's majority is shia or who had a strong shia minority in the population. Is often used to discripe the potential of a cooperation of these countries in the middle east policy.

[edit] literature:

  • Vali Nasr: When the Shiites Rise in: Foreign Affairs July/August 2006 pp. 58- 74.
  • Asher Susser: Aufgang des schiitischen Halbmonds, in: Internationale Politik, Nr. 9, 61. Jahr, (2006), pp.68-S.74 (german)

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