The model of socialization of Shiite minorities; re-reading the experience of Lebanon and Nigeria

The aim of the present study is to study the model of socialization of Shiite minorities based on the successful experience of Lebanon in such a way that it can be used in policy-making of Nigerian Shiite minorities. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the information has been collected through library, documentary and interview with Lebanese and Nigerian experts. The findings show that two types of scattered and self-founded society can be identified in the situation of Shiites in Lebanon and Nigeria. The Shiite minority, in a state of dispersal in four cultural, interactive-economic, political and social systems, is facing several crises that are directly related to Shiite actions. The connection between the action and the scattered state are two sides of the same coin that are increasingly intertwined. Breaking the existing cycle of interdependence between the actions of the four mentioned systems in a dispersed state requires measures that this research has taken; these measures will lead to the evolution of the Nigerian Shiite minority into a self-founded Shiite society in this country.