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But he has managed to capitalize on his illustrious pedigree [12] by casting himself as an unstinting opponent of the occupation from the start ” which has offered the additional political benefit of positioning him against the established Shiite clerical elite, sometimes known as the hawza, after the influential Najaf seminary that remains one of Shiism's spiritual centers.
What About the Iraqis? Caryl, Christian 2007
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“We read Aristotle in our hawza,” Sheikh Fatih said.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Dr. Amal and the hawza students pooled what money and jewelry they could scrape up, including about a pound of gold.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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“We read Aristotle in our hawza,” Sheikh Fatih said.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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She was studying in an underground hawza, or Shiite religious academy, for women.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Dr. Amal and the hawza students pooled what money and jewelry they could scrape up, including about a pound of gold.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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They would ask him questions “because in our hawza, questions are more important than the lessons.”
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Their informal hawza was grounded in the Shiite seminary tradition of studying a wide range of fields as part of a religious education.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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She was studying in an underground hawza, or Shiite religious academy, for women.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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They would ask him questions “because in our hawza, questions are more important than the lessons.”
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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