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Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam

paperback – October 4, 2002
by Cole, Juan
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ISBN-13: 9781860647369 ISBN-10: 1860647367
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company
Binding
paperback
Published
October 4, 2002
Weight
0.7 lbs
Dimensions
18.40×2.10×14.00 cm

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Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi'ite Islam by Cole, Juan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781860647369.

Juan Cole examines Shii Islam as a world religion that has faced modernity on its own terms. He explores the little known history of Shii communities as far afield as Bahrain and India, giving attention as well to important centers such as Lebanon , Iraq, and Iran. He demonstrates the way in which the Shiis have sought to define space and time as sacred, and to defend those spaces from encroachment by the Other, whether that other be Sunni Arab, Hindu, or European Christian.