The Shi'is Palestine From the Medieval Golden Age until the Present

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In The Shs in PalestineYaron Friedman offers a survey of the presence of Shism in the region of Palestine (today: Israel) from early Islamic history until the contemporary period. Contents Preface Figures and Tables Note on Translations, Dates, and Transliteration Introduction Medieval and Modern Palestine Chapter 1 From Immigration to the Golden Age 1 The First Shīʿīs in Palestine 1.1 The Murder of al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAlī’s Descendant in Tiberias 2 Palestine under Shīʿī Rule 2.1 The Rebellion of the ʿAlid Sharīf of Mecca in Ramla 2.2 Anti-Shīʿī “Merits of Jerusalem” 2.3 Fāṭimid Investments in Jerusalem 2.4 Nāṣir Khusraw’s Travel to Palestine 2.5 Shaykh al-Karājukī in Ramla 2.6 Medieval Shīʿī Scholars in Palestine 2.7 The Ṭālibiyyūn 2.8 Shīʿī Sects in Palestine 2.9 Persecution of Sunnī Offenders 2.10 Possible Jewish Influence 3 Giving Palestine a Shīʿī Identity: Tombs of the ahl al-bayt 3.1 Bringing Karbalāʾ to Palestine: the Head of Ḥusayn 3.2 The Shīʿī Cult of Saints 3.3 Tombs in Palestine Commemorating Karbalāʾ 4 Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Shīʿīs of Tiberias and Acre 4.1 Shīʿī Influence in Jerusalem 5 The End of the “Shīʿī Century” 5.1 The Lost Shīʿī Library of Haifa Chapter 2 The Disappearance of the Shīʿī Community in Palestine 1 The Ayyūbid Restoration 2 Mamlūk Oppression 2.1 Ibn Taymiyya and His Opposition to Shīʿī Claims in Ashkelon 2.2 Blaming the Shīʿa for Losing Palestine to the Franks 3 Persecutions 3.1 A Disturbing Silence Chapter 3 The Shīʿīs in Galilee 1 The Region of Safed 1.1 The Druze Decline: Shīʿī Crisis and Opportunity 2 The Matāwila in Northern Palestine 2.1 Galilee between Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar and Nāṣīf al-Naṣṣār 2.2 al-Nabī Yūshaʿ: a New Shīʿī Sanctuary in Palestine 2.3 The Ottoman Renovation of the Mashhad of Ḥusayn 2.4 Remnants of the Matāwila of Palestine in the Twentieth Century 2.5 The Case of al-Baṣṣa Village 2.6 The Seven Villages 3 Palestinian and Zionist Views on the Shīʿī Villages 3.1 Shīʿī Identity in Palestinian Writings 3.2 Palestinian Descriptions of Shīʿī Confrontations with Israeli Forces 3.3 The Absence of Shīʿīs in Palestinian Encyclopedias 3.4 A Missed Opportunity? 4 The Palestinian Fear of the Return of the Shīʿīs 4.1 A New Shīʿī Community in the State of Israel 4.2 The Increase in Shīʿīs in 2006 4.3 The Influence of the War in Syria 4.4 A Salafī “Encyclopedia of the Sects” and the Shīʿīs of Palestine 4.5 Shīʿī Propaganda in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza 4.6 al-Ṣābirīn Movement 5 Remaining Shīʿī Sects 5.1 Ghajar—an ʿAlawī Village Annexed to Israel 5.2 The Dāwūdī Bohrās in Ashkelon Chapter 4 Shīʿī Folklore and Religious Traditions about Palestine 1 Shīʿism in Palestinian Folklore 1.1 ʿĀshūrāʾ Water and dhū l-fiqār Talismans 1.2 The Mawsim Traditions 1.3 Modern ʿAlid Tombs 2 Shīʿī Traditions concerning Holy Towns in Palestine 2.1 The Holiness of Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem 2.2 Ramla in the Qurʾān and Apocalyptic Traditions 2.3 Tiberias—the Final Battle of the Apocalypse 2.4 Ashkelon and Its Lack of Religious Importance 2.5 Gaza—the Town of Hāshim Conclusion Appendix 1 The Ṭālibiyyūn in Palestine Appendix 2 Photos and Inscriptions of Shīʿī Shrines in Palestine Appendix 3 The Fatwā of Taqī l-Dīn Aḥmad b. Taymiyya concerning the Head of Ḥusayn in Ashkelon Appendix 4 Israeli Documents: Hūnīn 1948—the Missed Opportunity Appendix 5 Interviews with Two Palestinian Shaykhs Who Converted to Shīʿism Appendix 6 A Shīʿī Supplication in the “Shīʿīs of Palestine” Facebook Page Appendix 7 Interview with a Member of the Dāwūdī Bohrās Timeline of Shīʿī History in Palestine Glossary of Shīʿī Terms in the Palestinian Context Bibliography Index