[Oman-L] Oman-L Digest, Vol 28, Issue 1

Wed Apr 4 06:35:28 UTC 2007

Dr. Hamrin-Dahl,
I hope you are doing well.
As we happened to share the same interest, the history and uniqueness of 
Abadhism- in a sense- I would like to propse the rather limited ideas and 
experience in this country -though relatively long- with you.
I am a lecturer in ESL/EFL and Applied Linguistics. I have been living here 
for about ten years.  I started having interest in Abadhism since my fourth 
year here.  I read a number of books and knew that my home village (in 
Tunisia) was historically part of an Abadhist state.  The idea was not 
strangefor me since I first stepped in Oman and started understanding the 
people's religious and social behaviour.
A dear friend, a historian in fact, is also doing a piece  of research on 
the history of some Abadhi  tribes in North Africa.
I will be gald if this is enough to sparkle a discussion on the topic.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Sami

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>Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Oman-L Digest, Vol 28, Issue 1
>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:32:57 +0000
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>Dear Dr. Hamrin-Dahl,
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>I am not an expert in Ibadhism, but being Ibadhi myself, I dont think that 
>Ibadhis have different
>funeral rituals nor eschatology to the other Islamic school of thoughts.
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>However, I do think that Ibadhis have unique political experience and 
>history which worth studying.
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>Best of Luck
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>Badar
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>•·.·°¯`·.·• (ÈÏÑ ÇáÈæÓÚíÏí .:. Badar Al-Busaidi ) •·.·°¯`·.·•
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> > 1. Research in Muscat: Zoroastrian funerals and Avesta
> > eschatology (Tina
>Hamrin-Dahl)
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> >Message: 1
> >Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:29:24 +0200
> >From: Tina Hamrin-Dahl <hamrin.dahl at bredband.net>
> >Subject: [Oman-L] Research in Muscat: Zoroastrian funerals and Avesta
> > eschatology
> >To: <oman-l at oman.org>
> >Message-ID: <C2358E64.4397%hamrin.dahl at bredband.net>
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> >Hello, after research on the Alevis of Turkey and a book, published in
> >September 2006, I have started a new research project. Since some of the
> >roots of the Alevi religion are Zoroastrian, and I lecture on religions 
>in
> >Central Asia at Stockholm University, Zoroastrianism has been central. I 
>am
> >about to write a research report on the Zoroastrian guestworkers in
>Muscat,
> >compared to those in Dubai. I will write about the history of 
>Zoroastrianism
> >in the area, but I focus on funerals, and was recently in Mumbai, to
> >interview Parsi priests who are taking care of dead bodies (putting them 
>in
> >the towers for the kites and other birds of prey). I have started 
>learning
> >some Arabic, and I am reading everything that I can find about Oman,
> >especially books about Ibadiyya.
> >I just came back from Dubai and Riyadh (where I had a meeting with an
> >Egyptian expert on Oman). My head informant in Muscat is a Pakistani 
>woman,
> >who plays a very important role in the Zoroastrian community there. I am
> >going to do fieldwork in Muscat during the fall (Dubai back and forth in
> >June, July and August, for interviews and the Parsi New Year on the 20th 
>of
> >August). Since I give lectures at the
>university in Stockholm and will start
> >a new course after the summer (on Islam in Central Asia), I can not stay 
>in
> >Muscat for long periods, but will go back and forth, to observe the
> >Zoroastrian community, mostly Parsis from Pakistan and India. To put it 
>in a
> >very general way, it is important for Zoroastrian believers to get the 
>body
> >of a dead relative or friend on an airplane, and send it to Mumbai within
> >two days, for the towers and the birds, that is, a proper funeral. But 
>there
> >are other solutions, not always so good, since a non-traditional 
>Zoroastrian
> >funeral is questionable, considering Zoroastrian eschatology. Phenomena 
>that
> >I will find out more about?
> >Well, since I find the religious situation in Oman much more interesting
> >than the one in Dubai, this project might lead to something else,
>with
> >Ibadiyya in focus. I am learning about the Ibadis, and the Kharijites 
>(even
> >if the Omani Ibadis are not Kharijites).
> >Oman will be my field of research for at least three years, and if I 
>slide
> >into Ibadi studies, I can create a new research project, maybe a 
>parallell
> >investigation that is part of my other Omani work (with Zoroastrians in
> >focus). In that case, I have three more years in Oman. Would it then be 
>good
> >to study Ibadi funeral rituals? Or Ibadi eschatology? Is anyone belonging 
>to
> >the list an expert on Ibadi funerals? Or Zoroastrian funerals?
> >
> >I have my PH.D in the History of Religions, and an MA in Political 
>Science,
> >(specialized in nationalism and etnicity questions, or rather, identity
> >questions). Well, in the 1970?s, I got my first B.A. (and a B.E.) and 
>became
> >a teacher in Physical
>Education, and in the 1980?s, I became a journalist,
> >(but after the Scool of Journalism, I never worked as a journalist!).
> >Another B.A. in Nederlandistics was necessary when I did research on 
>witch
> >accusations in the medieval Netherlands, and witch cases in today's South
> >Africa. Now I am a researcher at Stockholm University and a senior 
>lecturer
> >(born in 1956).
> >
> >
> >All the best,
> >Tina
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dr.
> >Tina Hamrin Dahl (sometimes Hamrin-Dahl), formerly Hamrin
> >Dept. of South- and Central Asian Studies (Central Asian Studies was 
>merged
> >with Indology in January 2007)
> >Stockholm University
> >106 91 Stockholm
> >Sweden
> >Email:
>hamrin.dahl at bredband.net
> >http://www.orient.su.se/centralasia/department.html
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