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Author : Nebil Husayn
Release : 2021-04-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 814/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Opposing the Imam by : Nebil Husayn
Download or read book Opposing the Imam written by Nebil Husayn. This book was released on 2021-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the enduring legacy of the nawasib, early Muslims who were hostile to Islam's fourth caliph, Ali, and his descendants.
Author : Najam Haider
Release : 2011-09-26
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 316/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Origins of the Sh?'a by : Najam Haider
Download or read book The Origins of the Sh?'a written by Najam Haider. This book was released on 2011-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunni-Shi'a schism is often framed as a dispute over the identity of the successor to Muhammad. In reality, however, this fracture only materialized a century later in the important southern Iraqi city of Kufa (present-day Najaf). This book explores the birth and development of Shi'i identity. Through a critical analysis of legal texts, whose provenance has only recently been confirmed, the study shows how the early Shi'a carved out independent religious and social identities through specific ritual practices and within separate sacred spaces. In this way, the book addresses two seminal controversies in the study of early Islam, namely the dating of Kufan Shi'i identity and the means by which the Shi'a differentiated themselves from mainstream Kufan society. This is an important, original and path-breaking book that marks a significant development in the study of early Islamic society.
Author : Najam Haider
Release : 2019-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 931/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam by : Najam Haider
Download or read book The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam written by Najam Haider. This book was released on 2019-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing that draws on Late Antique historiography to challenge the imposition of modern notions of history on a pre-modern society. Haider discusses three key case studies - the revolt of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd (d. 67/687), the life of the Twelver Shi'i Imam Musa al-Kazim (d. 183/799) and the rebellion and subsequent death of the Zaydi Shi'i Imam Yahya b. 'Abd Allah (d. 187/803) - in calling for a new line of inquiry which focuses on larger historiographical questions. What were the rules that governed historical writing in the early Muslim world? What were the intended audiences for these works? In the process, he rejects artificial divisions between Sunni and Shi'i historical writing.
Author : Hassan Abbas
Release : 2021-02-23
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 056/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Prophet's Heir by : Hassan Abbas
Download or read book The Prophet's Heir written by Hassan Abbas. This book was released on 2021-02-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and legacy of one of Mohammad’s closest confidants and Islam’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided on whether he was supposed to be Mohammad’s political successor—and he continues to be a polarizing figure in Islamic history. Hassan Abbas provides a nuanced, compelling portrait of this towering yet divisive figure and the origins of sectarian division within Islam. Abbas reveals how, after Mohammad, Ali assumed the spiritual mantle of Islam to spearhead the movement that the prophet had led. While Ali’s teachings about wisdom, justice, and selflessness continue to be cherished by both Shia and Sunni Muslims, his pluralist ideas have been buried under sectarian agendas and power politics. Today, Abbas argues, Ali’s legacy and message stands against that of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban.
Author : Ruh Allah ibn Mustafa Khumaini (Ayat Allah)
Release : 1985
Genre : Iran
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Book Synopsis Islam and Revolution by : Ruh Allah ibn Mustafa Khumaini (Ayat Allah)
Download or read book Islam and Revolution written by Ruh Allah ibn Mustafa Khumaini (Ayat Allah). This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
