In The Shs in Palestine Yaron Friedman offers a survey of the presence of Shism in the region of Palestine (today: Israel) from early Islamic history until the contemporary period. It brings to light many pieces of information and interesting developments that are not widely known, in addition to the general point that, contrary to common belief, the Sh community has played a significant role in the history of Palestine. The volume includes a study of Sh shrines in Palestine, as well as showing the importance of these Muslim sites and holy towns in Palestine in the Sh religion.
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This volume is a welcome contribution to the study of two still relatively neglected areas of scholarship: Shiism and the history of Palestine. The detail is so rich that the reader is left almost wishing the book were longer. It can only be hoped that others will use this work as a starting point for many more studies related to the Shiis in Palestine. Fuchsia Hart, University of Oxford, inJournal of Shia Islamic Studies 11 (2018): 117-120
"The Shs in Palestine broadens the historical study of Shism and Sh Muslim communities in the Middle East and the Levant, much of which has focused on the large Sh communities in modern-day southern Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. Friedman draws upon a wide collection of Muslim historical and theological writings, including materials produced by Ibn Arab, al-Ghazl and Ibn Taymyya. In addition to adding to the historiographical literature, the book also serves as a useful addition to the ethnographic literature on Islamic art and architecture and Palestinian folklore. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Islamic studies, Middle Eastern history, Palestinian studies and Sh studies." Christopher Anzalone, Marine Corps University and George Mason University, in Islam and ChristianMuslim Relations, DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2022.2080440
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Note on Translations, Dates, and Transliteration
Introduction
Medieval and Modern Palestine
1 From Immigration to the Golden Age
1The First Shs in Palestine
2Palestine under Sh Rule
3Giving Palestine a Sh Identity: Tombs of the ahl al-bayt
4Ibn al-Arab and the Shs of Tiberias and Acre
5The End of the Sh Century
2 The Disappearance of the Sh Community in Palestine
1The Ayybid Restoration
2Mamlk Oppression
3Persecutions
3 The Shs in Galilee
1The Region of Safed
2The Matwila in Northern Palestine
3Palestinian and Zionist Views on the Sh Villages
4The Palestinian Fear of the Return of the Shs
5Remaining Sh Sects
4 Sh Folklore and Religious Traditions about Palestine
1Shism in Palestinian Folklore
2Sh Traditions concerning Holy Towns in Palestine
Conclusion
Appendix 1: The libiyyn in Palestine
Appendix 2: Photos and Inscriptions of Sh Shrines in Palestine
Appendix 3: The Fatw of Taq l-Dn Amad b. Taymiyya concerning the Head of
usayn in Ashkelon
Appendix 4: Israeli Documents: Hnn 1948the Missed Opportunity
Appendix 5: Interviews with Two Palestinian Shaykhs Who Converted to Shism
Appendix 6: A Sh Supplication in the Shs of Palestine Facebook Page
Appendix 7: Interview with a Member of the Dwd Bohrs
Timeline of Sh History in Palestine
Glossary of Sh Terms in the Palestinian Context
Bibliography
Index
Yaron Friedman, Ph.D. (Sorbonne, 2006), is lecturer and Arabic instructor at the University of Haifa. He published The Nuayr-Alaws: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Brill, 2010). He has also published articles in Studia Islamica, Der Islam, Le Museon and entries in the Encyclopaedia of Islam (third edition).
