POLI1042 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Salafi Movement, Islamism, Arabian Peninsula
20 Jun 2016
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Yemen: most armed nation in the world. A. 1. considered a fashion statement to wear a dagger: fractionalized. 1990 collapsed was a communist state controlled by soviet union heavily populated by the sunni 65% (b. 2. c. 1) regional capital is aden. Shia controlled called zaidis 35% (b. 3. b. 1) almost all of the zaidis live in the north of yemn (b. 3. b. 2) Poorest arab state (b. 4. a. 1) lots of oil and there is serious corruption. B. 5. b) opium plant commonly grown in yemen and you can just put it in your mouth. Sunni south tried to break off from the zaidis. President of the north/north and south was saleh. Introduced salafism (b. 6. c. 1) very conservative islamist (b. 6. c. 2) contradictory: arab spring. C. 1. water in the capital city will run out. 2017 oil resources in yemen will run out. C. 4. a) he recovered and in 2011 returned to sana and claimed to be the president. Democratic election but all the state problems continued: houthis.
