The origins of the Shīʻa identity, ritual, and sacred space in eighth-century Kūfa
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 i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part one: Narratives and methods
- Kūfa and the classical narratives of early Shī'ism
- Confronting the source barrier: a new methodology
- Part two: Case studies
- In the name of God: the Basmala
- Curses and invocations: the Qunūt in the ritual prayer
- Drinking matters: the Islamic debate over prohibition
- Part three: The emergence of Shī'ism
- Dating sectarianism: eary Zaydism and the politics of perpetual revolution
- The problem of the ambiguous transmitter: ritual and the allocation of identity
- The mosque and the procession: sacred spaces and the construction of community
- Conclusion