The Shi'is of IraqPrinceton University Press, 26. 6. 2018 - 336 strán (strany) The Shi'is of Iraq provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. He contends that behind the power struggle in Iraq between Arab Sunnis and Shi'is there exist two sectarian groups that are quite similar. The tension fueling the sectarian problem between Sunnis and Shi'is is political rather than ethnic or cultural, and it reflects the competition of the two groups over the right to rule and to define the meaning of nationalism in Iraq. A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi`is could play in postwar Iraq. |
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... Iran - Iraq War of 1980-1988 , when like other observers I was puzzled by the fierce fight- ing between Shi'is of Iran and their coreligionists of Iraq , who were said to form the majority of the rank and file of the Iraqi infantry . As ...
... Iran . This book shows that the Iraqi Shi'is are by and large Arabs , and recent converts to Shi'ism ; their ... Iranian counterpart , not in its for- mal doctrine , but in the way it has interacted with politics and the econ- omy ...
... Iran over the past twenty years , and who may try to re - enter Iraq as they did in the wake of the Gulf War . To ensure Iraq's stability , the United States would also need to pressure Turkey , Iran , Syria , and Saudi Arabia not to ...
... Iran - Iraq War that one can detect a significant effort mainly by Batatu , Kelidar , Luizard , Litvak , and Wiley to characterize the distinct features of Iraqi Shi'ism.1 But overall , the balance of literature on Shi'ism has tilted ...
... Iran in the twentieth century reflected the essentially different characters of Shi'i religion and society in the two coun- tries . The contrasts between Iraqi and Iranian Shi'ism are borne out in the differing patterns of ritual and ...
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The State and the Shiis | 73 |
The Transformation of Rituals and Religious Practices | 139 |
The Decline of Financial and Intellectual Institutions | 203 |
CONCLUSION | 269 |
The Gulf War and its Aftermath | 273 |
The Constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf | 283 |
Important Shii Shrines Tombs and Holy Sites in Iraq | 285 |
Shii Holy Burial Sites | 287 |
Bibliography | 289 |
Index | 303 |