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In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the “Others” in modern Shiʿism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʿi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Bahais and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʿi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive “We”...