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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... political factors . The department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University pro- vided me with a home where I ... politics improved significantly following informative discussions with Abbas Amanat , Amat- zia Baram , Juan Cole ...
... 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 Islamic state that would ...
... political role . The former scenario may not be easy to accomplish , but it is the only one worth trying . By virtue of their majority position among the population , the Shi'is stand to play the leading role in Iraqi politics . Yet ...
... political identity drawing on Iraq's Babylonian past and on the tribal customs and traditions governing Iraqi society . Down the road , there may be a backlash against the wish of the majority to bring de- cency and tolerance to Iraqi ...
... political development of the Iraqi and the Iranian Shi'is , and the extent to which the history of the two groups has diverged in the twentieth century . This book provides a corrective to some of the widely held assumptions regarding ...
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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 |