THE VANISHED IMAM Musa al Sadr & the Shia of Lebanon

THE VANISHED IMAM Musa al Sadr & the Shia of Lebanon

In the summer of 1978, Musa al Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Shia sect in Lebanon, disappeared mysteriously while on a visit to Libya. As in the Shia myth of the Hidden Imam, this modern-day Imam left his followers upholding his legacy and awaiting his return. Considered an outsider when...

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Main Author: Ajami, Fouad (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 1986
©1986
Subjects:
Sadr > Musa AL
Shiites
Imams (Shiites)
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