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This innovative study examines patterns of change in Shi'i symbols and rituals over the past two centuries to reveal how modernization has influenced the societal, political, and religious culture of...

This book deals with the minority group called Shiʻis, which today make up approximately fifteen percent of Muslims. While Iran has the single largest concentration of Shi is, our analysis will include Shiʻi communities in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, India, Pakistan, and the...