Karbala in London:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Karbala in London: "
Sufyan Abid Dogra

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072601
Doc. No	:	LA116230
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341346‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Sufyan Abid Dogra
Title & Author	:	Karbala in London: [Article] : Battle of Expressions of Ashura Ritual Commemorations among Twelver Shia Muslims of South Asian Background\ Sufyan Abid Dogra
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/2
Page No	:	158–178
Abstract	:	The roots of the struggle for authority among various groups of Twelver Shias of South Asian background living in London revolves around the idea of what is ‘true and authentic’ Shia Islam. The theological and political genealogy of this power struggle can be traced by examining the history of Shia Islam in South Asia. This article provides historical analyses and ethnographic accounts of Shia Islam and how it is practised in London. It investigates the influence of London-based Iranian and Iraqi Shia transnational networks on South Asian Hussainias and those who attend them. While some London-based Shias of South Asian origin conform to the Iran-backed reformist versions of globally standardised ritual commemoration of Ashura, others detest this and search for religious reinterpretations that assert South Asian ways of commemorating the Ashura ritual. The roots of the struggle for authority among various groups of Twelver Shias of South Asian background living in London revolves around the idea of what is ‘true and authentic’ Shia Islam. The theological and political genealogy of this power struggle can be traced by examining the history of Shia Islam in South Asia. This article provides historical analyses and ethnographic accounts of Shia Islam and how it is practised in London. It investigates the influence of London-based Iranian and Iraqi Shia transnational networks on South Asian Hussainias and those who attend them. While some London-based Shias of South Asian origin conform to the Iran-backed reformist versions of globally standardised ritual commemoration of Ashura, others detest this and search for religious reinterpretations that assert South Asian ways of commemorating the Ashura ritual.
Descriptor	:	anthropology of Islam
Descriptor	:	ethnography
Descriptor	:	Islam in West
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	ritual
Descriptor	:	Shia Islamic reformism
Descriptor	:	Sociology Anthropology
Descriptor	:	South Asia
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341346‬