In a pure Muslim land : Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469649801 1469649802 9781469649818 1469649810 |