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020			_aIn a Pure Muslim Land
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a297.82095491 _bFUN/IN
100			_aFuchs, Simon Wolfgang.
245			_aIN A PURE MUSLIM LAND : Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East
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260			_aNew Delhi _bSpeaking Tiger _c2019/01/01
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490			_aIslamic civilization & Muslim networks
500			_aCentering Pakistan—the ‘Land of the Pure’—in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of Shi‘is and their religious competitors in the region. 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 Pakistan’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 uniquely 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, which has resulted in terrible violence.
505			_aNote on transliteration -- Introduction: alternative centers of Shi'i Islam -- All-Indian Shi'ism, colonial modernity, and the challenge of Pakistan -- Theology, sectarianism, and the limits of reform: the making of Shi'ism in the land of the pure -- Projections and receptions of religious authority: grand ayatollahs and Pakistan's Shi'i "periphery" -- Khomeini's perplexed Pakistani men: importing and debating the Iranian revolution since 1979 -- Longing for the state: dialectics of the local and the transnational in Sunni-Shi'i sectarianism -- Conclusion: South Asia, the Middle East, and Muslim transnationalism
650			_aPakistan.
650			_aShittes.
650			_aMembers of Islamic Region.
650			_aMiddle East.
650			_aMuhammed Ali and Successors.
650			_aIslam- Shiites.
650			_aIslam.
650			_aPakistan.
650			_aShīʻah - Pakistan.
650			_aIslam - Pakistan.
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