Imams and Emirs: State, Religion and Sects in Islam (Saqi Essentials)

Fuad Khuri’s comparative study of Islamic sects in the contemporary Arab world spotlights those that share distinguishing features like geographical isolation, intensity of rituals, and duality of religious organization. He examines not only dogma but also the variables that differentiate a religion from a sect and a sect from a religious community.

Fuad I. Khuri was a leading anthropologist of the Middle East and a distinguished Lebanese writer and academic. He wrote extensively in English and Arabic on various aspects of Arab culture and society. Fuad I. Khuri died in 2003.