The Ayatollahs and Democracy in Contemporary Iraq
by
Juan Cole
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
ISIM Papers
ISBN-10
9053568891
ISBN-13
9789053568897
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Imprint
Amsterdam University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 19th, 2006
Print length
28 Pages
Weight
58 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.30 x 0.40 cms
Product Classification:
Islam
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A seminal analysis of the most recent developments in Iraqi Shiism
Iraqi Shiism is undergoing profound changes, leading to new elaborations of the relationship between clerics and democratic principles in an Islamic state. The Najaf tradition of thinking about Shiite Islam and the modern state in Iraq, which first developed during the Iranian constitutional revolution of 1905–1911, rejects the principle that supreme power in an Islamic state must be in clerical hands. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Iraq stands in this tradition, and he has striven to uphold and develop it since the fall of Saddam Hussein. At key points he came into conflict with the Bush administration, which was not eager for direct democracy. Parliamentary politics have also drawn in clerics of the Dawa Party, the Sadr movement, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, all of which had earlier been authoritarian in outlook. Is Iraqi Shiism experiencing its enlightenment moment?
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