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Distro - The Resurgence of Shias 

A. Abbas 

THE RESURGENCE OF SHIAS


The resurgence of Shiisme is a major religious phenomenon with repercussions in the Muslim world as well as in the West. This essay looks at this resurgence in three countries.

Iraq: Recent armed revolt led by Moktada al-Sadr's Mahdi army as well as large scale demonstrations called by Ayatollah al-Sistani reflect the political weight of Shias in the nation. Their attitude towards the US led occupation of Iraq - whether a benign neutrality or eventually an overt large scale resistance - will determine the future of this occupation.


Lebanon 12 years after the... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A bronze head of President Saddam HUSSEIN... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. A statue of President Saddam HUSSEIN decapitated... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. A woman attends to her sister wounded during the... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. At a special section of the cemetery next to the... 
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IRAQ. Najaf. Shia women in black veil mourn the "aarbayine" (40th... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. A Shia mullah during friday sermon in the shrine... 

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IRAQ. Al-Basrah. 2004. The Kalashnikov of a Shia militia of the... 

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IRAQ. Al-Basrah. 2004. Supporters of the al-Mahdi Army (the Messiah)... 

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IRAQ. Al-Basrah. 2004. An armed Shia militia of the al-Mahdi... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. Shia mullahs lead a demo against western values... 

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Najaf. Director of "madrassa" (koranic school) Abbas Kashef al-GHATA... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. Ayatollah Hussein Mostefa KHOMEINY, grandson of... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. After a rallye against the American presence in... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. "Welcome USA" graffiti on a wall. The "Wellcame"... 

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IRAQ. Karbala. SPC (specialist) Stephanie HERMES, a reservist... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. A US military police manhandles a petty officers... 

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IRAQ. Al-Basrah. 2004. An armed British soldier on patrol by... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A wounded personnel is evacuated by US forces... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. The dead and the wounded are evacuated after the... 

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Baghdad. Portion of a painting by Majeed as-SAEDI depits the... 

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IRAQ. Karbala. 2003. Penitents, wearing white tunics dribbling... 

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IRAQ. Karbala. Inside the shrine of Imam HUSSEIN, Shia men beat... 

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IRAQ. Karbala. Shia women, wearing the islamic veil, beat their... 

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IRAQ. Baghdad. At the shrine of al-QASEMIYA, Shia women, wearing... 

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Baghdad. A carpet with the portrait of Jesus Christ is displayed... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. During Ashura, militants of Hezbollah... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. Like all Muslims, Shias turn towards Mecca... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. During Ashura organised by Hezbollah (the... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. During Ashura, young militants of Hezbollah(Party... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. During Ashura, a militant of Hezbollah... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. Flanked by his bodyguards, Hassan NASRALLAH,... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. A Hezbollah female militant, wearing black... 

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LEBANON. Khiam. 2004. A militant of Hezbollah (Party of God)... 

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LEBANON. Bab Fatma. 2004. At the Israeli border, a militant of... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. A woman reporter from the Hezbollah (Party... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. Veiled woman during a news broadcast by... 

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LEBANON. Tebnine. 2004. A veiled female militant of the Hezbollah... 

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LEBANON. Nabatiye. 2004. Various form of the Islamic hijab are... 

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LEBANON. Tyr. 2004. A Shia woman, who took the Islamic veil after... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. At the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences,... 

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LEBANON. Nabatiye. 2004. Shia pupils attend class at the Imam... 

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LEBANON. Nabatiye. 2004. A Shia girl attends class at the Imam... 

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LEBANON. Nabatiye. 2004. Shia girls during gym at the Imam Mahdi... 

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LEBANON. Tebnine. 2004. A mobile clinic run by the Hezbollah... 

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LEBANON. Nabatiye. 2004. A school for handicapped children run... 

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LEBANON. Baalbeck. 2004. A veiled Muslim woman visits the Roman... 

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LEBANON. Tyr. 2004. A Shia family mourns the accidental death... 

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LEBANON. Beirut. 2004. Iranian leader of the Revolution Ruhollah... 

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IRAN. Tehran. May 2001. 

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IRAN. Tehran. February 11th 1979.
A mullah, sitting in a luxury... 

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IRAN. Tehran. A couple posing for photographs after they were... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Two chador clad women in the streets of Darake,... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Woman photographer Shadi GHADIRIAN uses a model... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Woman Photographer Shadi GHADIRIAN uses a model... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Hamila VAKILI uses a broken mirror as a prop to... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Woman painter Zohre MEHRAN in her studio. On the... 

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IRAN. Tehran. At the Niavaran Art Centre, a chador clad woman... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Sculptor Bita FAYYAZI displays some of her work... 

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IRAN. Tehran. In a parody of Islamic mores which strictly prohibits... 

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IRAN. Tehran. Guitarist Homayoun MAJDZADEH of the Kahtmayan Progressive... 
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