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This book explores the relationship between Iranian nationalism and Islam, especially Shi'ism as the adopted official religion of the country by the founder of the Safavid Dynasty in 1501 A.D. It covers selected periods in fourteen centuries of theIranian history with greater emphasis on the last two centuries where secular Western reformist ideas overlap with progressive religious thinking, resulting in the COnsitutional Movement of 1905-1909.
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About the Author:
Dr. Towfighi is an independent scholar, having worked with the United Nations. He received his Ph.D. Form the Massachusetts Instiute of Technology.
Review:
"Towfighi's direct engagement of highly contested aspects of the contemporary global environment, including the 'target status' of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a harbinger of "Islamo-Fascism," gives this book added appeal." - Prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi James Madison University "[The author] introduces something for future scholarly debate, namely the important notion that the Iranians - and this, in my judgment, is what the world may not be familiar with - made a political decision when they accepted Islam." - Prof. Christopher Nouryeh SUNY-Canton University"
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- PublisherEdwin Mellen Pr
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0773447792
- ISBN 13 9780773447790
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages276
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