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Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam : Hizbullah's Institutional Identity.

9783319604268
3319604260
9783319604251
3319604252

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.

English

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JA1-92

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This text sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilise the Shi'a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi'a history in a manner similar to that of nationalist movements. Through fieldwork and research, the project finds that Hizbullah has centralised around the concept of Wilayat al-Fagih (Gaurdianship of the Islamic Jurists): in essence, the absolute authority of Iran's Supreme Leader over the Shi'a 'nation'.

This text sheds light on how Hizbullah has transformed religious rituals and supernatural narratives in order to mobilise the Shi'a community. The author examines how Hizbullah has altered its institutional structure and reconstructed Lebanese Shi'a history in a manner similar to that of nationalist movements. Through fieldwork and research, the project finds that Hizbullah has centralised around the concept of Wilayat al-Fagih (Gaurdianship of the Islamic Jurists): in essence, the absolute authority of Iran's Supreme Leader over the Shi'a 'nation'.

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