Zackery M. Heern

Zackery M. Heern is an academic, specializing in the Middle East and Islamic Studies. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Idaho State University. Oneworld Publications published his latest book, titled "The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran." According to The Economist, Heern "refreshingly teases out the parallels between the three movements" of Usuli Shi'ism, neo-Sufism, and Wahhabi Sufism. In an article published by Your Middle East, Heern argues that "the birth of modernity in the Islamic world is associated with the political decentralization of the so-called Islamic gunpowder empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals."