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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... Pilgrimage to the Shrine Cities and the Cult of the Saints 163 Foreign Pilgrimage 164 Internal Visitation 173 CHAPTER SEVEN The Corpse Traffic 184 Development and Socioeconomic Functions 185 The Religious Creed versus the Social Order ...
... pilgrimage , and the corpse traffic ( the practice of Shi'is in transporting their dead for burial in holy cemeteries in the shrine cities ) . It hindered the position of Shi'i institutions of higher learning as many of Najaf ' s ...
... pilgrimage and the corpse traffic . I will show that the Iraqi state succeeded in reducing the effectiveness of Shi'i rituals as a political tool , in decreasing contacts between the shrine cities and Iran , and in curtailing the ...
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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 |