03396nam 22007095 450 991081789320332120210114040421.00-8014-6507-90-8014-6515-X10.7591/9780801465154(CKB)2550000000100442(OCoLC)797828499(CaPaEBR)ebrary10559176(SSID)ssj0000739724(PQKBManifestationID)11422776(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739724(PQKBWorkID)10697601(PQKB)10196656(DE-B1597)478383(OCoLC)871890208(OCoLC)979577279(DE-B1597)9780801465154(MiAaPQ)EBC3138327(EXLCZ)99255000000010044220170310d2012 fg engur|||---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Vanished Imam Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon /Fouad AjamiIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2012]©19861 online resource (229 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-50280-3 0-8014-9416-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Content -- A Note on Sources and Purpose -- For the Nonspecialist Reader -- Prologue: The Disappearance of Imam Musa al Sadr -- The Intimate Stranger: Sayyid Musa of Qom -- The World the Cleric Adopted -- The Path the Cleric Took: Sayyid Musa and His Companions -- Reinterpreting Shiism: Imam al Sadr and the Themes of Shia History -- The Tightrope Act -- The Legacy and Its Inheritors -- IndexIn 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.ShīʻahLebanonShiitesLebanonBiographyHISTORYbisacMiddle East / GeneralbisacReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCIslamHILCCShīʻahShiitesHISTORYMiddle East / GeneralReligionPhilosophy & ReligionIslam297.8209Ajami Fouad.658190DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910817893203321The Vanished Imam3950593UNINA