The Shi'is of Iraq

The Shi'is of Iraq
ISBN-10
0691115753
ISBN-13
9780691115757
Category
History
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2003-02-16
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Yitzhak Nakash

Description

"The Shii's of Iraq" provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi'is could play in a future Iraq after Saddam Hussein.

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