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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255326903321

Autore

Ezzatyar Ali

Titolo

The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan : Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East / / by Ali Ezzatyar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-56324-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

956.6702092

Soggetti

Middle East—Politics and government

Middle East—History

World politics

Religion and sociology

Islam

Middle Eastern Politics

History of the Middle East

Political History

Religion and Society

History

Iran History 20th century

Iraq History 20th century

Iran

Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One- Introduction -- Chapter Two- Sunni, Shia, Kurd: A Brief History of Islamism in Kurdistan -- Chapter Three- The Muftis of Iranian Kurdistan and the Dawning of an Activist -- Chapter Four- Prison under the Pahlavi Regime, and the Lead-Up to Revolution -- Chapter Five- Revolution, Kurdistan, and the Maktab Quran Movement -- Chapter Six- Letters from Prison: The Legacy of a Progressive Islam of Nonviolence -- Chapter Seven- Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East.



Sommario/riassunto

Amidst changing notions of religion and identity in the modern Middle East, this book uncovers the hidden story of Ahmad Moftizadeh, the nonviolent religious leader of Iran’s Kurds during the Iranian Revolution. The characters of Ayatollah Khomeini and a number of other prominent revolutionaries surface through never before heard first-hand accounts of that era’s events. The author further surveys the underlying causes of conflict and extremism today by placing this dramatic biography in the context of a rapidly-evolving region after the First World War. The author’s coverage of some of the twentieth century Middle East’s most defining events leads him to powerful policy arguments for a region in turmoil.