ENGAGEMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS: THE CONTEMPORARY WAQF AND THE FRAGILITY OF SHI'I QUIETISM

• Published in: The Journal of law and religion Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 215 - 249
• Main Author: Hamoudi, Haider Ala
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Clergy; Islamic law; Modernity; Muhammad (prophet); Nonfiction; Religion; Theory; Iran; Iraq; An Najaf Iraq

Two primary impulses have historically motivated the Iraqi Shi'i juristic establishment in its relations with the Iraqi state. The first, deeply embedded in centuries of Islamic jurisprudence, is to achieve maximum autonomy for the Shi'i community from the state. The second has developed m...