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In a Pure Muslim Land
Shi'ism Between Pakistan and the Middle East
Taschenbuch von Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Sprache: Englisch

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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 twenty 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.

Fuchs shows how popular Pakistani preachers and scholars have boldly tapped into the esoteric potential of Shi'ism, occupying a creative and at times disruptive role as brokers, translators, and self-confident pioneers of contemporary Islamic thought. They have indigenized the Iranian Revolution and formulated their own ideas for fulfilling the original promise of Pakistan. Challenging typical views of Pakistan as a mere Shi'i backwater, Fuchs argues that its complex religious landscape represents how a local, South Asian Islam may open up space for new intellectual contributions to global Islam. Yet religious ideology has also turned Pakistan into a deadly battlefield: sectarian groups since the 1980s have been bent on excluding Shi'is as harmful to their own vision of an exemplary Islamic state.
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 twenty 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.

Fuchs shows how popular Pakistani preachers and scholars have boldly tapped into the esoteric potential of Shi'ism, occupying a creative and at times disruptive role as brokers, translators, and self-confident pioneers of contemporary Islamic thought. They have indigenized the Iranian Revolution and formulated their own ideas for fulfilling the original promise of Pakistan. Challenging typical views of Pakistan as a mere Shi'i backwater, Fuchs argues that its complex religious landscape represents how a local, South Asian Islam may open up space for new intellectual contributions to global Islam. Yet religious ideology has also turned Pakistan into a deadly battlefield: sectarian groups since the 1980s have been bent on excluding Shi'is as harmful to their own vision of an exemplary Islamic state.
Über den Autor
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs is a lecturer in Islamic and Middle East studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 376
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781469649795
ISBN-10: 1469649799
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang
Hersteller: Longleaf Services Behalf of Unc - Osps
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,636 kg
preigu-id: 114784985
Über den Autor
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs is a lecturer in Islamic and Middle East studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 376
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781469649795
ISBN-10: 1469649799
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang
Hersteller: Longleaf Services Behalf of Unc - Osps
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,636 kg
preigu-id: 114784985
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