The Shīʿīs in Palestine

From the Medieval Golden Age Until the Present
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-42031-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 138, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

In The Shi'is in Palestine Yaron Friedman offers a survey of the presence of Shi'ism in the region of Palestine (today: Israel) from early Islamic history until the contemporary period. It brings to light many pieces of information and interesting developments that are not widely known, in addition to the general point that, contrary to common belief, the Shi'i community has played a significant role in the history of Palestine. The volume includes a study of Shi'i shrines in Palestine, as well as showing the importance of these Muslim sites and holy towns in Palestine in the Shi'i religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedman, Yaron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Note on Translations, Dates, and Transliteration

Introduction

Medieval and Modern Palestine

1 From Immigration to the Golden Age

1 The First Shi'is in Palestine

2 Palestine under Shi'i Rule

3 Giving Palestine a Shi'i Identity: Tombs of the ahl al-bayt

4 Ibn al-'Arabi and the Shi'is of Tiberias and Acre

5 The End of the “Shi'i Century”

2 The Disappearance of the Shi'i Community in Palestine

1 The Ayyubid Restoration

2 Mamluk Oppression

3 Persecutions

3 The Shi'is in Galilee

1 The Region of Safed

2 The Matawila in Northern Palestine

3 Palestinian and Zionist Views on the Shi'i Villages

4 The Palestinian Fear of the Return of the Shi'is

5 Remaining Shi'i Sects

4 Shi'i Folklore and Religious Traditions about Palestine

1 Shi'ism in Palestinian Folklore

2 Shi'i Traditions concerning Holy Towns in Palestine

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Talibiyyun in Palestine

Appendix 2: Photos and Inscriptions of Shi'i Shrines in Palestine

Appendix 3: The Fatwa of Taqi l-Din Ahmad b. Taymiyya concerning the Head of Husayn in Ashkelon

Appendix 4: Israeli Documents: Hunin 1948—the Missed Opportunity

Appendix 5: Interviews with Two Palestinian Shaykhs Who Converted to Shi'ism

Appendix 6: A Shi'i Supplication in the “Shi'is of Palestine” Facebook Page

Appendix 7: Interview with a Member of the Dawudi Bohras

Timeline of Shi'i History in Palestine

Glossary of Shi'i Terms in the Palestinian Context

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yaron Friedman, Ph.D. (Sorbonne 2006), is lecturer and Arabic instructor at the University of Haifa. He published The Nusayri-'Alawis: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Brill 2010). He has also published articles in Studia Islamica, Der Islam, Le Museon and entries in the Encyclopaedia of Islam (third Edition).