“One cannot doubt the potential effect of these fatwas on modern Muslim society.”1 Online Accusations of Disbelief and Apostasy: The Internet as an Arena for Sunni and Shia Muslim Conflicts

This article focuses on a number of fatwas published on the Sunni website Islamqa that, among many things, present negative understandings of Shia Islam. Before discussing the content of the fatwas, I offer a brief reconsideration of the major lines of conflict that divide Sunni and Shia Muslims bot...

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Main Author: Larsson, Göran 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2016]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-221
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)