Thinking ahead : Shi'ite Islam in Iraq and its seminaries (hawzah 'ilmiyyah)

• Main Author: Marcinkowski, Christoph
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90469; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4382
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this "position paper", the author tries to develop his thoughts with regard to the future role of Shi'ite Islam and the Shi'ite seminaries (hawzah 'ilmiyyah) in Iraq, looking beyond the country's present occupation by the US-led coalition forces. Contrary to what is...