TY - BOOK
T1 - In a pure Muslim land
T2 - Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East
AU - Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - "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"--
AB - "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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SN - 1469649780
SN - 1469649799
SN - 1469649810
SN - 9781469649788
SN - 9781469649795
SN - 9781469649818
T3 - Islamic civilization and Muslim networks
BT - In a pure Muslim land
PB - The University of North Carolina Press
CY - Chapel Hill
ER -