Between the ideal and the real: Shiite purism and the dilemma of modernity in Iraq
"This book deals with the Islamic Shia version of purism as the cornerstone of its faith, showing how this purism manifested itself in the story of Iraq as a state and Shias as a group of people by complicating the process of integrating the latter into the former"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham
Rowman & Littlefield
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam and politics (Iraq)
B Shiites (Iraq) B Shīʻah (Iraq) |
| Summary: | "This book deals with the Islamic Shia version of purism as the cornerstone of its faith, showing how this purism manifested itself in the story of Iraq as a state and Shias as a group of people by complicating the process of integrating the latter into the former"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | pages cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5381-9292-4 |
