Zaydī revival in a hostile republic: Competing identities, loyalties and visions of state in Republican Yemen.

Abstract The phenomena of identity formation, religious interpretation and political state-building all intersect in post-imamate Yemen and the positions of Zaydīs therein. This paper investigates the identification and loyalty tensions facing Yemen's Zaydī community, examining whether or not a rece...

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Publicado en:Arabica Vol. 59; no. 3/4; pp. 404 - 446
Autor principal: King, James Robin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers Apr2012
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