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I will, therefore, begin with a brief exposition of them. We are then justified in our continued curiosity about this thought and the ways it might motivate violent resistance to the institutions and values many of us hold dear. Stewart, muhammad qasim zaman, mahan mirza, richard bulliet, david cook, roxanne l. Iranian shiism is an integral portion composing the image of twelvers. Like all the major world religions islam has inspired reflections on politics. Sh3h wali allah was a prolific writer whose contributions rangejover the entire spectrum of the classical islamic disciplines. The major subject of islamic political thought during the short rule of muhammad b.
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