In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the âOthersâ in modern ShiÊ¿ism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern ShiÊ¿i identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that ShiÊ¿i writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive âWeâ and the negative threatening "Other" as a major principle in the evolution of ShiÊ»ism as the mi...