The Vanished Imam : : Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon /

The Vanished Imam : : Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon / / Fouad Ajami.

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In the summer of 1978, Musa al Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Shia sect in Lebanon, disappeared mysteriously while on a visit to Libya. As in the Shia myth of the "Hidden Imam," this modern-day Imam left his followers upholding his legacy and awaiting his return. Considered an ou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ajami, Fouad,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • A Note on Sources and Purpose
  • For the Nonspecialist Reader
  • Prologue: The Disappearance of Imam Musa al Sadr
  • The Intimate Stranger: Sayyid Musa of Qom
  • The World the Cleric Adopted
  • The Path the Cleric Took: Sayyid Musa and His Companions
  • Reinterpreting Shiism: Imam al Sadr and the Themes of Shia History
  • The Tightrope Act
  • The Legacy and Its Inheritors
  • Index

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