In a Pure Muslim Land: Shi'ism Between Pakistan and the Middle East

by Simon Wolfgang Fuchs

Book Overview

Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this "Land of the Pure." The notion of Pakistan as the pinnacle of modern global Muslim aspiration forms a crucial component of this story. It has empowered Shi'is, who form about twenty percent of the country's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469649799
• ISBN13: 9781469649795
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"