ISBN:
9781469649788
,
9781469649795
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 352 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
Uniform Title:
Relocating the centers of Shīʿī Islam (religious authority, reform, and the limits of the transnational in colonial India and Pakistan)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang In a pure Muslim land : Shiʿism between Pakistan and the Middle East
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University 2015
DDC:
297.82095491
Keywords:
Shīʿah
;
Islam
;
Shīʿah
;
Islam
;
Schiiten
;
Indien
;
Naher Osten
;
Pakistan
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Pakistan
;
Schiiten
;
Indien
;
Naher Osten
Abstract:
"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"...
