Ayatollahs, sufis and ideologues : state, religion and social movements in Iraq / edited by Faleh Abdul-Jabar.

Based on a two-day seminar held in 1997, and organized by the Iraqi Cultural Forum, and Birkbeck College, University of London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nature of Shi'ism in Iraq / Yitzhak Nakkash -- Zghurt and Shmurt : aspects of the traditional Shi'i society / Peter Heine -- Kurds, Islam and state nationalism / Helkot Hakim -- Genesis and development of Marja'ism versus the state / Faleh Abdul-Jabar -- Nature of confrontation between the state and Marja'ism : Grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim and the Ba'th / Pierre-Jean Luizard -- Rituals of 'Asura : genealogy, functions, actors and structures / Ibrahim Haydari -- Religious composition of the Kurdish society : Sufi orders, sects and religions / Sami Shourush -- Origins of the Naqshabandiyya Sufi order / Helkot Hakim -- Da'wa Islamic party : origins, actors and ideology / Abdul-Hali al-Ruhaimi -- Muslim brotherhood : genesis and development / Basim al-'Azami -- Islamist fundamentalist movements among the Kurds / Sami Shourush -- Deportation of Shi'is during the Iran-Iraq War : causes and consequences / Ali Babakhan -- Iraqi Shi'is in exile in London / Jens-Uwe Rahe -- Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qassim al-Kho'i : political thought and positions / Yousif al-Kho'i -- Political theory of Muhammad Baqir Sadr / Talib Aziz -- School of Najaf / Jawdat al-Qazwini -- School of Qum / Jawdat al-Qazwini.