@article{9e0c55aa594a4904935c43a7587cfdb6,
title = "State-society relations and inter-communal dynamics in conflict: non-Muslim minorities in post-IS Iraq",
abstract = "This article examines state-society relations and inter-communal dynamics in conflict, focusing on the case study of non-Muslim minorities in Iraq. It draws on interview data to analyse the lived experiences of Iraq's Yazidis and Christians before, during and after Islamic State (IS) rule. It finds that the attacks by the IS on Iraq's Yazidi and Christian communities not only caused considerable suffering but also led to a renewed crisis of faith in the Iraqi state and a further breakdown in relations with other groups, especially Sunni Arabs. However, Iraq's Yazidis and Christian have also demonstrated remarkable resilience in terms of returning to their ancient homelands and rebuilding their fractured communities. Together, these findings raise further questions about the legitimacy of the Iraqi state in the eyes of its non-Muslim minorities and the prospects of a peaceful multicultural future for Iraq.",
keywords = "Christians, inter-communal relations, Iraq, state-society relations, Yazidis",
author = "Benjamin Isakhan and William Gourlay",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The Australian Department of Defence and the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120100315). The views expressed in this article do not reflect those of Defence or Government policy. Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge the hard work and enthusiasm of several colleagues who helped collate some of the materials presented and analysed in this article: Ahmed Hassin, Taghreed Jamal Al-Deen, Sofya Shahab and Antonio Zarandona. We are also grateful for the support of the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University Australia and acknowledge the insightful comments and suggestions of the three anonymous reviewers and the editor of this journal. Open access publishing facilitated by Deakin University, as part of the Wiley - Deakin University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Nations and Nationalism published by Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism and John Wiley \& Sons Ltd.",
year = "2022",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/nana.12841",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "1459--1473",
journal = "Nations and Nationalism",
issn = "1354-5078",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "4",
}