Compulsion in Religion

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Compulsion in Religion is written by Samuel Helfont and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190843330 (ISBN 10) and 9780190843335 (ISBN 13).

Compulsion in Religion investigates religion and politics in Saddam Hussein's Iraq as well as the roots of the religious insurgencies that erupted in Iraq following the American-led invasion in 2003. In looking at Saddam Hussein's policies in the 1990s, many have interpreted his support for state religion as evidence of a dramatic shift away from Arab nationalism toward political Islam. While Islam did play a greater role in the regime's symbols and Saddam's statements in the 1990s than it had in earlier decades, the archival records and the regime's internal documents challenge this theory.