Ebook: In a Pure Muslim Land: Shi’ism Between Pakistan and the Middle East
Author: Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
- Tags: Shīʻah -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa, Islam -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa, Shīʻah -- Middle East, Islam -- Middle East, Islam, Shīʻah, Middle East, Pakistan, Schiiten, Mittlerer Osten, Pakistan
- Series: Islamic Civilization & Muslim Networks
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- City: Middle East., Mittlerer Osten, Array
- Language: English
- epub
"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 Read more...