Horse of Karbala

DAVID PINAULT is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. He is the author of The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community.

• Initiation: Hyderabad, 1989 An Introduction to the Shia Tradition in Islam Blood, Rationality, and Ritual in the Shia Tradition 'Would That You Could Bury Me, Too, Beside My Brother!': Women's Roles in Shia Devotional Literature Shia Ritual in a Sunni Setting: Muharram Observances in the Hill Station of Darjeeling, West Bengal Horse of Karbala: Ladakh, Shia Ritual, and Devotional Literature Relating to Zuljenah Muslim-Buddhist Relations in a Ritual Context: An Analysis of the Muharram Procession in Leh Township, Ladakh Shia Lamentation Rituals and Reinterpretations of the Doctrine of Intercession: Two Cases from Modern India The Day of the Lion: A Ladakhi Shia Ritual Determined by the Zodiacal Calendar Shia Encounters in the U.S.: Notes on Teaching the Shia Tradition in American Classrooms

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