Compulsion in religion: Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the roots of insurgencies in Iraq

“Samuel Helfont draws on extensive research with Ba'thist archives to investigate the roots of the religious insurgencies that erupted in Iraq following the American-led invasion in 2003. In looking at Saddam Hussein's policies in the 1990s, many have interpreted his support for state-spon...

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Main Author: Helfont, Samuel (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iraq / Ḥusain, Ṣaddām 1937-2006 / Ḥizb al-Baʿṯ al-ʿArabī al-Ištirākī, al-Quṭr al-ʿIrāqī / Islam / Riot
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Political conflict
B Islam and politics History Iraq
B Uprising
B Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq)
B Islam and state History Iraq
B Religion
B Islam and politics
B History
B Internal policy
B Authoritarianism
B Islam
B Politicalization
B State
B Fundamentalism
B Hussein, Saddam 1937-2006
B Politics
B Religious organization
B Iraq
B Ḥizb al-Ba\U+02bf\th al-\U+02bf\Arabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq)
B Iraq Politics and government 1958-
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