PROBLEMS OF STUDYING CHRISTIAN MINORITIES IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST
Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2010, Vol 50, Issue 1
Abstract
This article is focused on the problems and barriers in studying Middle Eastern Christian minorities especially in social sciences. The article targets Christian minorities living in the Islamic heartland of the Middle East – in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria (with slight interferences). The treatment of minority populations is the main reason of the frequent conflicts in the region. Furthermore, the theme of Middle Eastern Christian minorities is highly politicized and controversial, because Middle Eastern states often consider the treatment of minorities their inner question. Studied minorities are not a monolith and their voice is still not unified, although their position in Muslim societies is not generally satisfactory, because they have opposite interests in some affairs and they are also limited by agelong hostility. The main goal of submitted article is to describe the heterogenity of Middle Eastern Christians and to bring several divisions of studied groups based on various factors – religion, language, history, geography, demography, loyalty to the governement etc.
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Artur BOHÁČ
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