Shii News – Waqf and Shi`i Quietism in Iraq – H. Hamoudi

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

in Iraq | Journal of Law and Religion | Cambridge Core

Abstract 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.

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