عنوان

Usuli Shi'ism and State Approaches to Islamic Unity : The Ecumenical Movement in Post-Safavid Iran

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230019

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eng

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Usuli Shi'ism and State Approaches to Islamic Unity : The Ecumenical Movement in Post-Safavid Iran

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Fahaad J. M. M. Alenezi

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Durham University, UK,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

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vi, 290 p.

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Code E.Dissertation: 127

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مدخل مرتبط: اخباریه

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مدخل مرتبط: انتظار

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مدخل مرتبط: جنگهای ایران و روس

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

PhD

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This research, hence, aims at exploring the Iranian calls for Islamic unity within a framework of the Usuli School of Shi'ism developed as part of the modern Iranian history, as the stronghold of Twelver Shi'ism since the rise of Safavids. Accordingly,various stages of such theological and political attempts to promote calls for Islamic unity, as well as the motivations for such attempts with their historical implications and conceptual frameworks are critically discussed and thoroughly analysed. In designing the research, the case study method was utilised to individually approach the four initiatives officially promoted by the state for Islamic unity throughout the modern history of Iran, prior to relying heavily on historical analysis to establish the connections between these attempts while extrapolating the developments in the political attitudes of Usuli Shi'ism. After conducting a critical analysis, this research argues that the Islamic unity movement in post- Safavid Iran passed through two different stages: in the first, it was utilised by the Iranian u. Usuli ulami as a policy to absorb the catastrophic outcome of the fall of the Safavid state and was activated as a pragmatic policy befitting the new regime's quest for legitimacy. Its ultimate aim was to preserve the accomplishments it had achieved during the Safavid era: its influential role in state affairs as the single means to secure the Usuli identity of Twelver Shi'ism in Iran. However,, the movement in the second stage became a natural outcome in addition to the sustained political dimensions that had initially aimed to turn away from theisolation of intizir by politicizing Twelver Shiism, eventually leading to genuine conceptual reforms to the long lasting traditional doctrines, which can also be found in the post-revolution policies in Iran.

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شیعه امامیه

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وحدت اسلامی

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مهدویت

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ن‍ادر اف‍ش‍ار

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ع‍ب‍اس‌ م‍ی‍رزا ق‍اج‍ار

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ولایت فقیه

Topical Subdivision

-- انتظار

Usuliyah ‏‫

Imamite Shi'ah

Islam-Unity

Mahdism -- Waiting

اصولیه (شیعه)‬

ایران -- تاریخ -- قاجاریان، ۱۱۹۳ - ۱۳۴۴ق. -- جنگ با روسیه، ۱۲۱۸ - ۱۲۲۸ق.

خمینی، روح‌الله، رهبر انقلاب و بنیانگذار جمهوری اسلامی ایران، ۱۲۷۹ - ۱۳۶۸. -- تاثیر بر وحدت اسلامی

‏‫مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی

-خامنه‌ای، علی، رهبر جمهوری اسلامی ایران ، ۱۳۱۸

Alenezi, Fahaad J. M. M.