The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity

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Torsten Hylén was Associate Professor (docent) in Religious studies at Dalarna University, Sweden until his retirement in 2024. He is co-editor of Den nya människan [The New Human Being] (2022), and author of a number of articles in academic journals and anthologies.

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Explores how the story about al-Ḥusayn's death at Karbala developed into a paradigmatic myth in formative Shiʿism.