Islamic and sectarian or secular and nationalist? New classification of Iraqi Shi'a political actors based on ideological anchorage

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=QmXlAtUVvu" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=QmXlAtUVvu</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2024.2373066" target="_blank" >10.1080/13530194.2024.2373066</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Islamic and sectarian or secular and nationalist? New classification of Iraqi Shi'a political actors based on ideological anchorage

Original language description

Since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, Iraqi Shi&apos;a political actors have been the main forces leading the country, dominating the domestic legislative scene over their Sunni and Kurdish counterparts. This article brings innovative analysis and classification of actors, such as Islamic Da&apos;wa Party, Badr Organization, Asa&apos;ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Harakat Huquq, Al-Hikma, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), Sadrist Movement, or Imtidad, bringing more light on the Iraqi political scene since the parliamentary elections in 2021. The ideological anchorage of the parties is evaluated in two dimensions, religious and sectarian, placing them on the Islamic-secular and sectarian-nationalist axes, reflecting their approach towards intra-religious issues, vilayet al-faqih, possible normalization of relations with Israel, sectarianism, and nationalism. The methodology of this research is based on Chapel Hill Expert Survey data collection, semi-structured interviews with politicians and political experts from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, content analysis of examined actors&apos; statements on social and official media and opinion polls, reflecting the voices of the Iraqi society. The main results of this research singled out clusters of more pro-Iranian actors (Badr Organization, AAH, Harakat Huquq), with the highest tendency to use Islamic and sectarian policies, followed by more traditional Iraqi political actors such as Islamic Da&apos;wa Party and ISCI. Al-Hikma, Sadrist Movement and Imtidad then inclined to be more nationalist and secular. Finally, it shows the Iranian influence as a crucial factor in shaping the domestic and foreign policies of those actors.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

ISSN

1353-0194

e-ISSN

1469-3542

Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

929-953

UT code for WoS article

001266491400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85198093346