Introduction
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The introduction highlights the discourses of the senior Shiite clerics and how they oriented a state under reconstruction, especially during a period of brutal and sustained violence. Their importance lies in their ability to affect the state’s course of action and also offers a window into the political culture in which people operate. There is interpretive value in the ideas that flood the public sphere and are reproduced over and again, creating new patterns of interaction and new political symbols. The ayatollahs helped to set the parameters for debate—to frame it. The chapter highlights the importance of the ayatollahs within the Shiite hierarchical tradition, which made their political activism possible.
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2010 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 75-77
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2021 ◽
Vol 9
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pp. 34-43
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