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April 29, 2026History of the Present

The Aching Community

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BIBasit Kareem Iqbal

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Ethnographic dialogue explores religious community's historical interruptions and abandonment in Syria's context.

Key Points

  • This article investigates the ideological functions of Muslim unity and the meanings of loss within the Islamic community.
  • Conducted fieldwork in and around Syria
  • Engaged in two key dialogues, one from 2004 in Damascus and another from 2018 in Jordan
  • Analyzed discourses on Islamic political institutions and community loss
  • Identified themes of interruption and abandonment in understanding the umma
  • Documented the roles of civil war and colonial borders in shaping community discourse
  • Illustrated the impact of charity work on the lives of Syrian refugees

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Basit Kareem Iqbal (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f1547f879cb923c4944b20https://doi.org/10.1215/21599785-12235324
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