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The Origins of the Shi'a - Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century K?fa (Hardcover)
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The Origins of the Shi'a - Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century K?fa (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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The Sunn -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 K fa (present-day Najaf). This book explores
the birth and development of Sh '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.
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