The Islamic state attacks on Shia holy sites and the "Shrine Protection Narrative": threats to sacred space as a mobilization frame/
ISAKHAN Benjamin
The Islamic state attacks on Shia holy sites and the "Shrine Protection Narrative": threats to sacred space as a mobilization frame/ Benjamin Isakhan - 2020
This article analyzes the response by various Shia non-state actors-militia leaders, religious clergymen, populist preachers, and seminal poets. It argues that they used the IS threat to Shia holy sites to develop and deploy a mobilization frame that has come to be referred to as the "shrine protection narrative." The article also documents the manifold consequences of the shrine protection narrative: it underpinned a mass recruitment drive that saw tens of thousands enlist; it legitimized foreign Shia militias to enter the conflicts in both Syria and Iraq.
TERRORISM
MILITIA -- LEADERS
ISLAMIC STATES -- TERRORISM
The Islamic state attacks on Shia holy sites and the "Shrine Protection Narrative": threats to sacred space as a mobilization frame/ Benjamin Isakhan - 2020
This article analyzes the response by various Shia non-state actors-militia leaders, religious clergymen, populist preachers, and seminal poets. It argues that they used the IS threat to Shia holy sites to develop and deploy a mobilization frame that has come to be referred to as the "shrine protection narrative." The article also documents the manifold consequences of the shrine protection narrative: it underpinned a mass recruitment drive that saw tens of thousands enlist; it legitimized foreign Shia militias to enter the conflicts in both Syria and Iraq.
TERRORISM
MILITIA -- LEADERS
ISLAMIC STATES -- TERRORISM