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State and sufism in Iraq : building a "moderate" Islam under Saddam Husayn / David Jordan.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, David (Writer on Sufism), author.
- Series:
- Routledge Sufi series ; 25.
- Routledge Sufi series ; 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq).
- Sufism--Iraq.
- Sufism.
- Islam and state--Iraq.
- Islam and state.
- Islam and politics--Iraq.
- Islam and politics.
- Religion and politics.
- Iraq.
- Religion and politics--Iraq.
- Iraq--Politics and government--1958-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- 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 rijāl al-ṭarīqa al-naqshbandīya: The Sufi Resistance of the Former Baʻth Party in Iraq" (2020).
- Contents:
- Islam and the Decline of Sufism After the End of the Ottoman Empire
- The Rise of the Baʻth Party and its Early Nationalization of Islam
- Sufis Under the Early Baʻth : First Links to the Regime
- The Religious Propaganda of a Secular Regime
- The New Prominence of Sufi Scholars
- New Opportunities for Sufi Orders
- Sufism to Counter Moral Decay and Wahhabism
- Sufi Ecumenism Against Sectarianism
- The Entanglement of Sufis with the State Elite
- Conclusion
- Afterword : The Naqshbandī Army and the Legacy of the Baʻth Regime's Sufi Revival After 2003
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 30, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jordan, David State and sufism in Iraq
- ISBN:
- 9781003221661
- 1003221661
- 9781000508826
- 100050882X
- 9781000508758
- 1000508757
- Publisher Number:
- 40030883886
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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