David Jordan

State and Sufism in Iraq (eBook, ePUB)

Building a "Moderate Islam" Under Saddam Husayn

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

State and Sufism in Iraq is the first comprehensive study of the Iraqi Bäth regime's (r. 1968-2003) entanglement with Sufis and of Sunni Sufi Islam in Iraq from the late Ottoman period until 2003 and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000508826
• Artikelnr.: 62906265

Autorenporträt

David Jordan (Ph. D. 2019 Hamburg) is Research Associate for Islamic Studies at Bochum University. His research focusses on Sufism and the entanglement of religion and politics in the early modern and modern history of the Middle East. His publications include: "Jaysh rijal al-¿ariqa al-naqshbandiya: The Sufi Resistance of the Former Bäth Party in Iraq" (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Sufi Islam and the Challenges of the Modern Iraqi
Nation State (1876-1979) 1. Islam and the Decline of Sufism After the End
of the Ottoman Empire 2. The Rise of the Bäth Party and its Early
Nationalization of Islam 3. Sufis Under the Early Bäth: First Links to the
Regime Part II: State Patronage of Islam During the Iran-Iraq War and
Beyond (1980-1989) 4. The Religious Propaganda of a Secular Regime 5. The
New Prominence of Sufi Scholars 6. New Opportunities for Sufi Orders Part
III: The Faith Campaign and the State-Sponsored Revival of Sufism
(1993-2003) 7. Sufism to Counter Moral Decay and Wahhabism 8. Sufi
Ecumenism Against Sectarianism 9. The Entanglement of Sufis with the State
Elite Conclusion Afterword: The Naqshband¿ Army and the Legacy of the Bäth
Regime's Sufi Revival After 2003 Bibliography Index