Religious Extremism: Intellectual and Doctrinal Deviance in Islam - Softcover

Ayatullah Ne'matollah Salehi Najafabadi; Tr. Dr. Hamid Mavani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0968086845 ISBN 13: 9780968086841

Publisher: Organization for the Advancement of Islamic Knowledge and Humanitarian Services, 2009

Synopsis

The book examines the genesis of exaggeration and extremism in Islam and its devastating ramifications. Distortion and interpolation of the prophetic literature has resulted in elevating the status of saints to almost divinity. Furthermore, the laity has become accustomed to listening to exaggerated claims about their saints resulting in devaluation of the essence of Islam along with paralysis of the faculty of intellect.

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About the Author

Ayatullah Salehi Najafabadi is an insightful jurist who passed away in 2006 in Iran. He authored a number of works on issues such as Islamic government, gender equity and religious tax. His most controversial work was on the martyrdom of Husayn b. Ali, the grandson of the Prophet. In this work, he argues that Husayn's martyrdom was not pre-ordained and that Imam Husayn did not have fore-knowledge of the event of Kerbala.

Edition details

• Publisher: Organization for the Advancement of Islamic Knowledge and Humanitarian Services
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0968086845
• ISBN 13: 9780968086841
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Illustrator: Mr. Shahram Ettehadi
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186
• Editor: Dr. Hamid Mavani