The Islamic state attacks on Shia holy sites and the "Shrine Protection Narrative": threats to sacred space as a mobilization frame/ Benjamin Isakhan
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Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 32, No 4, May-June 2020, pp.724-748 (116)Summary: 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.
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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.
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