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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... major relevant topics in the social sciences and critiqued an early version of the book . Abbas Kelidar also read a draft , giving me more time and advice than I had any right to expect . I owe a particularly deep gratitude to Michael ...
... major role in national politics in a new Iraq after the fall of Saddam Husayn . The Shi'is of Iraq sheds light on a political community marked by its own distinct identity - people who are not necessarily the precursors of a radical ...
... major arena for public debate , and it should be capable of checking the executive's decisions . Seats should be distributed among Iraq's various social and ethnic groups ( including Turkomans , Assyrians , Chaldeans , and Arab ...
... major change , beginning with the rise of Najaf and Karbala as the two strongholds of Shiʻism from the mid - eighteenth century and leading up to the collapse of the Iraqi monarchy in 1958. The year 1958 is the cut - off point not only ...
... major questions : How was modern Iraqi Shi'i society formed and during which period ? What was the impact of the rise of the modern state on the status of the Iraqi Shiʻi leadership and classes , and on the socioeconomic and political ...
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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 |