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Being a "True" Shi'ite:

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Being a "True" Shi'ite:

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The Poetics of Emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites

Iman Lechkar

Leiden

Brill

This article explores the poetics of emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites, and considers how the emotional disposition of sadness is nurtured through the shedding of tears, in order to develop a specific Shia morality based on God's justice (ʿadl). Once Shiism is embraced, Moroccan Belgians dedicate themselves to cultivating sadness. I argue that emotions are primordial in the socialisation process of Moroccan Belgians into Shia faith. They recognise that crying is a specific Shia disposition that is initially quite hard to attain, but it is fundamental if one wants to be a "true" Shiite. This article explores the poetics of emotions among Belgian-Moroccan Shiites, and considers how the emotional disposition of sadness is nurtured through the shedding of tears, in order to develop a specific Shia morality based on God's justice (ʿadl). Once Shiism is embraced, Moroccan Belgians dedicate themselves to cultivating sadness. I argue that emotions are primordial in the socialisation process of Moroccan Belgians into Shia faith. They recognise that crying is a specific Shia disposition that is initially quite hard to attain, but it is fundamental if one wants to be a "true" Shiite.

2017

241-259

Journal of Muslims in Europe

6/2

2211-7954

emotions

God's justice (ʿadl)

Middle East and Islamic Studies

morality

sadness

Shia Islam

Sociology & Anthropology

Iman Lechkar

10.1163/22117954-12341349

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