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Shiʻa minorities in the contemporary world : migration, transnationalism and multilocality /

Global migration flows in the 20th century have seen the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America and other parts of the world. This book offers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi'a Muslim minorities outside the so-called Muslim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Scharbrodt, Oliver, 1976- (Editor ), Shanneik, Yafa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Colección:Alternative histories.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "My homeland is Husayn" : transnationalism and multilocality in Shiʻa contexts / Oliver Scharbrodt and Yafa Shanneik
  • 2. Performing Shiʻism between Java and Qom : education and rituals / Chiara Formichi
  • 3. Mi corazón late Husayn : identity, politics and religion in a Shiʻa community in Buenos Aires / Mari-Sol García Somoza and Mayra Soledad Valcarcel
  • 4. Bektashism as a model and metaphor for "Balkan Islam" / Piro Rexhepi
  • 5. Living najaf in London : diaspora, identity, and the sectarianisation of the Iraqi-Shiʻa subject / Emanuelle Degli Esposti
  • 6. Global networks, local concerns : investigating the impact of emerging technologies on Shiʻa religious leaders and constituencies / Robert J. Riggs
  • 7. "Still we long for Zaynab" : South Asian Shiʻites and transnational homelands under attack / Noor Zehra Zaidi
  • 8. From a marginalised religious community in Iran to a government-sanctioned public interest foundation in Paris : remarks on the Ostad Elahi Foundation / Roswitha Badry
  • 9. Ideas in motion : the transmission of Shiʻa knowledge in Sri Lanka / Harun Rasiah
  • 10. Limits of sectarianism : Shiʻism and ahl al-bayt Islam among Turkish migrant communities in Germany / Benjamin Weineck
  • 11. "For 'Ali is our ancestor" : Cham Sayyids' Shiʻa trajectories from Cambodia to Iran / Emiko Stock
  • 12. Shiʻa cosmopolitanisms and conversions / Mara A. Leichtman.