Being a “True” Shi’ite:

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" Being a “True” Shi’ite: "
Iman Lechkar

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072605
Doc. No	:	LA116234
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341349‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Iman Lechkar
Title & Author	:	Being a “True” Shi’ite: [Article] : The Poetics of Emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites\ Iman Lechkar
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/2
Page No	:	241–259
Abstract	:	This article explores the poetics of emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites, and considers how the emotional disposition of sadness is nurtured through the shedding of tears, in order to develop a specific Shia morality based on God’s justice (ʿadl). Once Shiism is embraced, Moroccan Belgians dedicate themselves to cultivating sadness. I argue that emotions are primordial in the socialisation process of Moroccan Belgians into Shia faith. They recognise that crying is a specific Shia disposition that is initially quite hard to attain, but it is fundamental if one wants to be a “true” Shiite. This article explores the poetics of emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites, and considers how the emotional disposition of sadness is nurtured through the shedding of tears, in order to develop a specific Shia morality based on God’s justice (ʿadl). Once Shiism is embraced, Moroccan Belgians dedicate themselves to cultivating sadness. I argue that emotions are primordial in the socialisation process of Moroccan Belgians into Shia faith. They recognise that crying is a specific Shia disposition that is initially quite hard to attain, but it is fundamental if one wants to be a “true” Shiite.
Descriptor	:	emotions
Descriptor	:	God’s justice (ʿadl)
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	morality
Descriptor	:	sadness
Descriptor	:	Shia Islam
Descriptor	:	Sociology Anthropology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341349‬