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Shiʿite Salafism?

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  1. Mohammad Fazlhashemi

    1. Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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  • Focusing primarily on the thought of Shariʿat Sangelaji
  • Investigates whether Salafist mainstreaming thoughts, despite its hostile attitude towards Shiʿa Islam
  • Examines the characteristic features of this flow of ideas, its sources of inspiration

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 1-8

  3. Internal Critique of Religion

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 9-43

  4. Return to the Qurʾan

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 45-83

  5. Anti-Polytheism

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 85-107

  6. The Legacy

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 109-132

  7. Authentic Islam

    • Mohammad Fazlhashemi
    Pages 133-158

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 159-183
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About this book

This book is about the emergence of a stream of ideas in the 1930s and 1940s within Imamiyya Shiʿite context, focusing primarily on the thought of Shariʿat Sangelaji (1891–1944), who harshly criticized a number of basic theological beliefs within Imamiyya Shiʿa. Accusing them of polytheism and superstition on account of their ideas about shifaʿa intercession, and their pilgrimage to the graves of the Shiʿite imams, he also criticized the belief that the twelfth imam al-Mahdi  has been living in covertness since the 9th century, and that a number of historical figures will be resurrected upon his return to assist him in the final battle against the evil.    
Taking at once a theological and historical approach, Mohammad Fazlhashemi investigates whether Salafist mainstreaming thoughts, despite its hostile attitude towards Shiʿa Islam, had any influence over Shiʿite theology. He explores whether and what components of the Salafist traditionof ideas have been adopted by theologians within Imamiyya shiʿa or whether in fact whether these changes were the result of an internal theological tug-of-war within the Imamiyya Shiʿa that was influenced by the interwar modernization efforts. Fazlhashemi examines the characteristic features of this flow of ideas, its sources of inspiration, the reception of its thought, and the imprints it made on theological currents within Imamiyya shiʿa in Iran during its time and time thereafter.  




Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Mohammad Fazlhashemi

About the author

Mohammad Fazlhashemi is professor of Islamic theology and philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden. Previously he was professor of the history of ideas at Umeå University, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Shiʿite Salafism?

  • Authors: Mohammad Fazlhashemi

  • Series Title: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18739-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18738-4Published: 18 November 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-18741-4Published: 18 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-18739-1Published: 17 November 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2945-669X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-6703

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 183

  • Topics: Islam, Islamic Theology, Philosophy, general

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