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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... positions . It throws a new light on our past , and it enables us to approach our history as well as our Iraqi Shiʻi ... position among the population , the Shi'is stand to play the leading role in Iraqi politics . Yet they would need to ...
... position of Shi'i Islam in contemporary Iraq . The study is concerned with the following 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 ...
... position of Shi'i Islam in the country . Iraq's Sunni rulers succeeded in eradicating much of the power traditionally held by the Shi'i religious establishment based in such shrine cities as Najaf and Karbala . The Iraqi government ...
... position of Najaf and Kar- bala vis - à - vis Baghdad , and dealt a blow to the position of Persians in the country . In the second chapter I will examine the nature of Shiʻi political demands as well as the activities which Shi'is ...
... position of Shi'i Islam in Iraq as we know it at the beginning of the twentieth century ? Can it shed light on how the Shi'is came to form the majority of the population ? The Shi'is are concentrated mainly in the southern and central ...
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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 |