A Silent Quest for New Shīʿa Religious Leaders in Italy

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" A Silent Quest for New Shīʿa Religious Leaders in Italy "
Minoo Mirshahvalad

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072548
Doc. No	:	LA116177
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-BJA10018‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Minoo Mirshahvalad
Title & Author	:	A Silent Quest for New Shīʿa Religious Leaders in Italy [Article]\ Minoo Mirshahvalad
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1
Page No	:	68–84
Abstract	:	The special tie between Shīʿas and their religious authority ignites curiosity about the probable evolution of this relationship in a non-Islamic milieu. This paper aims to analyse why the conventional forms of the Shīʿa authority does not suit the life condition in Italy and why there is an implicit demand for new Shīʿa leaders. The answer is given through a two-year empirical research on the Shīʿas’ life in the peninsula. Two factors are deemed responsible of this inadequacy: first, the definition and expectations of the Italian society of the Islamic authority, and second, the Shīʿas’ exigencies that are not met in their relations with the traditional authority. The special tie between Shīʿas and their religious authority ignites curiosity about the probable evolution of this relationship in a non-Islamic milieu. This paper aims to analyse why the conventional forms of the Shīʿa authority does not suit the life condition in Italy and why there is an implicit demand for new Shīʿa leaders. The answer is given through a two-year empirical research on the Shīʿas’ life in the peninsula. Two factors are deemed responsible of this inadequacy: first, the definition and expectations of the Italian society of the Islamic authority, and second, the Shīʿas’ exigencies that are not met in their relations with the traditional authority.
Descriptor	:	authority
Descriptor	:	ḥawza
Descriptor	:	imam
Descriptor	:	immigrants
Descriptor	:	Italy
Descriptor	:	marğaʿīyya
Descriptor	:	Shīʿīsm
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-BJA10018‬