My dissertation focuses on the legal recognition of the Shi ci sect by the Mandate state as a pivotal point in generating increased sectarian awareness, particularly as it related to the domain of the family. I analyze the impact this had on the space of the family during the Fr…
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The advent of Shi'ism as the earliest sectarian manifestation of the Islamic religion remains on the more perplexing issues for modern historians of early Islam; this study attempts to address this problem through a fresh approach to the most prominent legend concerning the emer…
Drawing on Contemporary debates in social theory on the subject of power, on the one hand, and role of the media in the advent of (post)modernity, on the other, this study examines the preconditions of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran. In contrast to other explanations, wh…
The concept of Velayat-e Faqih as a type of Shi‘ite Islamic government gained popularity three decades ago, after the Islamic revolution in Iran. The new constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was based on Velayat-e Fagih, proposed by the Imam Khomeini many consider him as…
This dissertation explores the ways in which religious knowledge was produced and transmitted in Safavid madrasas, particularly in Isfahan, during the later Safavid period--from the reign of Shah Abbas II (1642-66) to the end of Shah Sult[dotbelow]an H[dotbelow]usayn's reign (16…
This dissertation examines fatwas (expert legal opinions) produced by the Shi'ite legal establishment (marji'iyah ) for Shi'ites in the West, looking at the construction, support, and communication of minority Muslim identity in the Western cultural context. Its significance lie…
This study is based on a submission of anthropological, historical, and literary approaches. The ethnographic study of the Shi'a holy shrines between November 2011 and January 2012 is based on my visit to Iraq. The study lasted almost ten weeks, to include the two events under d…
Refugees are known to suffer extensive psychological distress owing to the sociocultural and sociopolitical nature of their life experiences (Jamil, Hakim-Larson, Farrog, Kafaji, Duqum, & Jamil, 2002; Weine et al., 1998). While the presence of psychological distress in this popu…
This dissertation addresses the role of diaspora communities in international transitional administrations. I focus on Shiite Iraqi diaspora in the United States and Europe that returned to Iraq in official roles with the Iraqi Reconstruction Development Council (IRDC), a branch…
The Shi`ite point of view is unique among all other Islamic schools in having formed the basis of a self-conscious religious community existing within the larger Islamic ummah . Given that the foundation of the Shi`ite perspective is the early dispute over the leadership of the …
Based upon extensive ethnographic research and historical sources, this dissertation is an ethnography of global religious movements and the localization of transnational religious institutions in Dakar. I portray the lives of members of three distinct religious groups and their…