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The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran

By: Zackery M. Heern

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The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran

By: Zackery M. Heern

This book takes a fresh look at the foundations of modern Islam. Scholars often locate the origins of the modern Islamic world in European colonialism or Islamic reactions to European modernity. However, this study focuses on the rise of Islamic movements indigenous to the Middle East, which developed in direct response to the collapse and decentralization of the Islamic gunpowder empires. In other words, the book argues that the Usuli movement as well as Wahhabism and neo-Sufism emerged in reaction to the disintegration and political decentralization of the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires. The book specifically highlights the emergence of Usuli Shi‘ism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The long-term impact of the Usuli revival was that Shi‘i clerics gained unprecedented social, political, and economic power in Iran and southern Iraq. Usuli clerics claimed authority to issue binding legal judgments, which, they argue, must be observed by all Shi‘is. By the early nineteenth century, Usulism emerged as a popular, fiercely independent, transnational Islamic movement. The Usuli clerics have often operated at the heart of social and political developments in modern Iraq and Iran and today dominate the politics of the region.

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1780744978

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Proceedings of the Third Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies

By: Regina Rowland,Fahimeh Mokhber Dezfouli,Zackery Heern,Sayed Hossein Al Qazwini,Oliver Leaman,Ali Paya,Revd Frank Julian Gelli,Yahia Baiza,Maria Lindqvist,Liyakat Takim,Nada al-Hudaid

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Proceedings of the Third Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies

By: Regina Rowland,Fahimeh Mokhber Dezfouli,Zackery Heern,Sayed Hossein Al Qazwini,Oliver Leaman,Ali Paya,Revd Frank Julian Gelli,Yahia Baiza,Maria Lindqvist,Liyakat Takim,Nada al-Hudaid

The Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies is organised by the Research and Publications Department of The Islamic College, London. The conference aims to provide a broad platform for scholars working in the field of Shi‘i Studies to present their latest research and to explore diverse opinions on Shi‘i thought, practice, and heritage. This book comprises a selection of papers from the third conference held on 6–7 May 2017.

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ICAS Press

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The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran

By: Zackery M. Heern

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The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

Proceedings of the Third Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies

Proceedings of the Third Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies

The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism

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