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From Secularization to Identity Politics: The Reconstitution of Shiʻi Religious Authority in Iraq
In June 2014, the Sunni “jihadi” group that called itself the Islamic State (IS) took over Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, in a shockingly easy operation. As the Iraqi army collapsed and its troops deserted,…