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This book is a detailed theoretical study of the doctrine of leadership (Imamate) in Twelver Shi‘i Islam. Hamid Mavani provides not only a traditional perspective on Imamate but also theological, mystical, and...

If Imam Hassan (A.S) had as much followers as you have today, he would have risen up against the caliphate of his time. At first, he staged an uprising but when he learned that his followers had been bribed, he dismissed his decision to follow...

This contains stories from the personal and public life of the great scholar and leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran. Includes stories about Imam Khomeini's home life, his relationship with family members and...

The present collection has been provided and compiled with the goal of presenting a general plan from the ideals, issues, and problems of the Muslim World and difficulties of the Islamic...

Includes topics such as alliance and separation between religion and politics, duty of religious leaders, necessity of government in the absence of the 12th Imam (a), and ...

nity of expression among Muslims as a barrier to the dominance of the foreigners. All Muslims should be one hand against the aliens. Everyone in his own environment with whatever government ...

This unprecedented collection in English of notable works by Imam Khomeini, ranging in date from 1941 to 1980, makes it possible for non-Iranians to become directly acquainted with his ideas and to examine...

Based on the traditions discussed here, Ayatollah Khomeini asserts with certitude that all the power and authority (al-wilaya al-mutlaqa) that was vested in the Prophet and the infallible Imams now devolves upon the...

This collection of chapters explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shiʿism. Chapters look at a variety of critical historical periods—from medieval to modern—to reveal the...

The present work is an edited translation of the book, Manshur- aqayid- Imamiyya (literally, A Charter of Imami Beliefs) by Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, written in Persian with the intention of presenting to...