Shi’a Minorities in the Contemporary World : : Migration, Transnationalism and Multilocality / / Oliver Scharbrodt, Yafa Shanneik.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Scharbrodt, Oliver,; Shanneik, Yafa,
• MitwirkendeR: Badry, Roswitha,; Esposti, Emanuelle Degli,; Formichi, Chiara,; Leichtman, Mara A.,; Rasiah, Arun,; Rexhepi, Piro,; Riggs, Robert J.,; Scharbrodt, Oliver,; Shanneik, Yafa,; Somoza, Mari-Sol García,; Stock, Emiko,; Valcarcel, Mayra Soledad,; Weineck, Benjamin,; Zaidi, Noor Zehra,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Alternative Histories : ALHI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

New comparative perspectives on Shi’a minorities outside the Muslim worldKey featuresProvides comparative insights into Shi’a Muslim communities across the globe, set in Muslim minority contextsMakes an important contribution to understanding the global dynamics of contemporary Shi’a IslamIllustrates how transnational Shi’a networks operate in Muslim minority contextsDiscusses the impact of events in the Middle East on Shi’a Muslim minorities across the worldCase studies include an in-depth ethnographic study of the Shi’a community in Buenos Aires; insights into the unique challenges of Shi’a Muslims in Sri Lanka; the connections of Shi’a Muslims in Cambodia to Iran; and the limits of sectarian differences among Shi’a Muslims in GermanyGlobal migration flows in the 20th century have seen the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America and other parts of the world. This book offers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi’a Muslim minorities outside the so-called ‘Muslim heartland’ (Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia). It looks at Shi’a minority communities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia and discusses the particular challenges these communities face as ‘a minority within a minority’.Notes on ContributorsRoswitha Badry, University of Freiburg, Germany. Emanuelle Degli Esposti, University of Cambridge, UK. Chiara Formichi, Cornell University, USA. Mari-Sol García Somoza, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mara A. Leichtman, Michigan State University, USA. Arun Rasiah, Holy Names University in Oakland, USA. Piro Rexhepi, Northampton Community College, UK. Oliver Scharbrodt, University of Birmingham, UK. Yafa Shanneik, University of Birmingham, UK. Emiko Stock, Cornell University, USA. Mayra Soledad Valcarcel, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine.Benjamin Weineck, Bayreuth University, Germany. Noor Zehra Zaidi, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- GLOSSARY -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 ‘MY HOMELAND IS HUSAYN’: TRANSNATIONALISM AND MULTILOCALITY IN SHI‘A CONTEXTS -- PART I LOCALISING GLOBAL SHI‘A MINORITY SPACES -- 2 PERFORMING SHI‘ISM BETWEEN JAVA AND QOM: EDUCATION AND RITUALS -- 3 MI CORAZÓN LATE HUSAYN: IDENTITY, POLITICS AND RELIGION IN A SHI‘A COMMUNITY IN BUENOS AIRES -- 4 BEKTASHISM AS A MODEL AND METAPHOR FOR ‘BALKAN ISLAM’ -- 5 LIVING NAJAF IN LONDON: DIASPORA, IDENTITY AND THE SECTARIANISATION OF THE IRAQI-SHI‘A SUBJECT -- PART II TRANSNATIONAL SHI‘A TRAJECTORIES -- 6 GLOBAL NETWORKS, LOCAL CONCERNS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON SHI‘A RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND CONSTITUENCIES -- 7 ‘STILL WE LONG FOR ZAYNAB’: SOUTH ASIAN SHI‘ITES AND TRANSNATIONAL HOMELANDS UNDER ATTACK -- 8 FROM A MARGINALISED RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN IRAN TO A GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION IN PARIS: REMARKS ON THE ‘OSTAD ELAHI FOUNDATION’ -- PART III‘ALID PIETY AND THE FLUIDITY OF SECTARIAN BOUNDARIES -- 9 IDEAS IN MOTION: THE TRANSMISSION OF SHI‘A KNOWLEDGE IN SRI LANKA -- 10 LIMITS OF SECTARIANISM: SHI‘ISM AND AHL AL-BAYT ISLAM AMONG TURKISH MIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN GERMANY -- 11 ‘FOR ‘ALI IS OUR ANCESTOR’: CHAM SAYYIDS’ SHI‘A TRAJECTORIES FROM CAMBODIA TO IRAN -- EPILOGUE -- 12 SHI‘A COSMOPOLITANISMS AND CONVERSIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX