In a pure Muslim land: Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East

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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"--
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationChapel Hill
PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
Number of pages352
ISBN (Print)1469649780, 1469649799, 1469649810, 9781469649788, 9781469649795, 9781469649818
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameIslamic civilization and Muslim networks
PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press

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