The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East addresses the domestic and international politics that have created conditions for contemporary religious cleansing in the Middle East. It provides a platform for a host of distinguished scholars, journalists, human rights activists, and political practitioners. The contributors come from diverse political, cultural, and religious backgrounds; each one drawing on a deep wellspring of scholarship, experience, sobriety, and passion. Collectively, they make a major contribution to understanding the dynamics of the mortal threat to the social pluralism upon which the survival of religious minorities depends.
Table of Contents:
Introduction, John Eibner
Chapter 1:The Anatomy of Religious Cleansing: Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire (1914–1918), Boston, October 22, 2014, Taner Akçam
Chapter 2: Dhimmis No More: Christians’ Trauma in the Middle East, Bern, March 7, 2012, Daniel Pipes
Chapter 3: Syria, the “Arab Spring,” and the Future of Christians and other Religious Minorities, Zurich, June 12, 2012, Habib Malik
Chapter 4: Islamist Majoritarian Democracy in Egypt: What it means for Religious Minorities Zurich, November 28, 2012, Mariz Tadros
Chapter 5: The “Arab Spring” and its Aftermath: Implications for Muslim–Christian Relations, Zurich, May 30, 2013, Michael Nazir-Ali
Chapter 6: Preventing Genocide in the Middle East: The Continuing Relevance of the Turkish Experience and the Problem of Bias within the United Nations, Zurich, May 2, 2013, Hannibal Travis
Chapter 7: Remarks on the “Arab Spring” and Religious Minorities in a Shari’a-State, Zurich, November 19, 2013, Bassam Tibi
Chapter 8: The Impact of the Arab Uprisings on Dhimmitude: Non-Muslims in the Middle East Today, Geneva, March 20, 2014, Bat Ye’or
Chapter 9: The IS Caliphate and the West’s Wars in Syria and Iraq: A Challenge to Religious Pluralism in the Middle East, Zurich, October 8, 2014, Patrick Cockburn
Chapter 10: Religious Pluralism in the Middle East: A Challenge to the International Community, Boston, March 25, 2015, Amine Gemayel
Chapter 11: Revisiting Turkey’s Policy toward Religious Minorities on the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Zurich, April 1, 2015, Cengiz Aktar
Chapter 12: Social Pluralism, Religious Cleansing and “Hybrid Warfare” in Contemporary Syria, November 22, 2016, John Eibner
Chapter 13: Saudi Regional Interventions in the Middle East: Consequences for Local Societies, Zurich, October 27, 2015, Madawi Al-Rasheed
Chapter 14: Can Religious Pluralism Survive Sectarian War in Syria and Beyond?, Zurich, March 14, 2016, Fabrice Balanche
Chapter 15: ISIS, Christians, and National Identity in the Middle East, Boston, April 7, 2016, Joshua Landis
Chapter 16: The Persecution of Christians in Today’s Middle East, Zurich, May 4, 2016, Daniel Williams
Chapter 17: The Challenges of Social Pluralism in Post-Revolutionary Egypt, Zurich, June 14, 2016, Mariz Tadros
Chapter 18: Saddam Hussein, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the Islamic State: Can Religious Pluralism Survive the Onslaught?, Zurich, October 25, 2016, William Warda
Chapter 19: The Christians of Lebanon: Surviving amidst Chaos, Boston, November 9, 2016 Marius Deeb
Chapter 20: Christians of the Holy Land–Exodus, Disintegration, and Ideological Necrophilia Zurich, May 22, 2017, Franck Salameh
About the Contributors