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The patterns of socio/political transformation that Iran went through in the 20th century generated episodes of great ideological divergence within Iran's shi'ite establishment. The current study seeks to shed light on an instance of textual exchange that took place in the earli…

The doctrine of imamate---that is, the rule of a particular individual over the community---is a central and pivotal concept in Islam generally, and in Shi`ism specifically. Scholars who have studied this concept have tended to emphasize one aspect of the doctrine of imamate to …

The Ibad[dotbelow]i Imamate ideal, as it exists in its North African and 'Umani manifestations, consists of an intricate conceptual and institutional structure. This complexity is the product of an equally multifaceted origin and development. By deconstructing the Ibad[dotbelow]…