In a pure Muslim land: Shiʿism between Pakistan and the Middle East

"Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this 'Land of the Pure.' The notion...

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1. Verfasser: Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
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Zusammenfassung:"Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this 'Land of the Pure.' The notion of Pakistan as the pinnacle of modern global Muslim aspiration forms a crucial component of this story. It has empowered Shi'is, who form about 20 percent of the country's population, to advance alternative conceptions of their religious hierarchy while claiming the support of towering grand ayatollahs in Iran and Iraq"...
Beschreibung:xvi, 352 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781469649788
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