The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon
by Fouad Ajami
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0801419107
- ISBN 13
- 9780801419102
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Cornell University Press, 1986-05-15. Hardcover. Very good. 6.0x0.94x9.0. In the summer of 1978, Musa al Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Shia sect in Lebanon, disappeared mysteriously while on a visit to Libya. As in the Shia myth of the ""Hidden Imam,"" this modern-day Imam left his followers upholding his legacy and awaiting his return. Considered an outsider when he had arrived in Lebanon in 1959 from his native Iran, he gradually assumed the role of charismatic mullah, and was instrumental in transforming the Shia, a quiescent and downtrodden Islamic minority, into committed political activists. What sort of person was Musa al Sadr? What beliefs in the Shia doctrine did his life embody? Where did he fit into the tangle of Lebanon's warring factions? What was behind his disappearance?In this fascinating and compelling narrative, Fouad Ajami resurrects the Shia's neglected history, both distant and recent, and interweaves the life and work of Musa al Sadr with the larger strands of the Shia past.
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- Worldbridge Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0801419107
- Title
- The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon
- Author
- Fouad Ajami
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0801419107
- ISBN 13
- 9780801419102
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1986-05-15
- Pages
- 228
- Size
- 6.0x0.94x9.0
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