Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010109

البدر الشاطري

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Omid Ghaemmaghami, Encounters with the Hidden Imam in Early and Pre-Modern Twelver Shīʿī Islam, xii + 276 pp. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2020. $137. Hardcover. ISBN 978-90-04-34048-0. Omid Ghaemmaghami，《在早期和前现代的穆斯林教派中与隐藏的伊玛目相遇》，xii + 276 页。莱顿和波士顿：布里尔，2020 年。精装。ISBN978-90-04-34048-0。

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-0700102011

مريم سعيد العلي

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Introduction: Three circles and a few promises 引言:三个圆和几个承诺

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010110

E. Fakhro, C. Mallat

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Bahrain’s Enduring Constitutional Crisis 巴林持续的宪法危机

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010102

E. Fakhro, Bader Al-Noaimi

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Three circles and a few promises 三个圈和一些承诺

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010101

E. Fakhro, C. Mallat

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Qatar: Constitutional Challenges 卡塔尔:宪法挑战

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010105

Hassan Abdulrahim Al-Sayed

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Constitutional Courts in Arab Gulf States 阿拉伯海湾国家的宪法法院

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010108

Salma Waheedi

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The United Arab Emirates: Forging Federalism 阿拉伯联合酋长国:打造联邦制

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010107

Faris Nasrallah

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Saudi Arabia: Literal Islamic Constitutionalism 沙特阿拉伯:不折不扣的伊斯兰宪政

Al-Abhath Pub Date : 2022-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18115586-70010106

C. Mallat