In a Pure Muslim Land
Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East
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Author
Publication
2019-04-22 - The University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Word Count
94,000 words, Guess
Page Count
376 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101469649780
- ISBN-139781469649788
- Library of Congress Control Number2018045750
- OCLC Control Number1053562755
- Better World Books9781469649788
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27761390M
Classifications
- LCCBP192.7.P18F83 2019
- LCCBP192.7.P18 F83 2019
Description
"Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this 'Land of the Pure.' The notion of Pakistan as the pinnacle of modern global Muslim aspiration forms a crucial component of this story. It has empowered Shi'is, who form about 20 percent of the country's population, to advance alternative conceptions of their religious hierarchy while claiming the support of towering grand ayatollahs in Iran and Iraq"--
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