Najam Haider's Books

Drawing on case studies from Islamic history, Haider challenges assumptions about the nature of the sources shaping understandings of the early Muslim world.

This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.

The Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.

Drawing on case studies from Islamic history, Haider challenges assumptions about the nature of the sources shaping understandings of the early Muslim world.

This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.

The Sunnī-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kūfa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shī'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity, and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original, and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.

This path-breaking book challenges earlier scholarship in its examination of the origins and development of the Shi'a.

Book's by Najam Haider

The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam

The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam

Shi'i Islam

Shi'i Islam

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam

The Rebel and the Im?m in Early Islam

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Origins of the Shi'a

Shi'i Islam

Shi'i Islam

The Origins of the Shī'a

The Origins of the Shī'a

The Origins of the Shi'a

The Origins of the Shi'a

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