Author Archives: Farasat Latif

إيران وإسرائيل، والحرب ضد الإسلام

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مقدّمة أثار الهجوم الصاروخي الباليستي الأخير الذي شنته إيران ضد إسرائيل (أكتوبر 2024) انتقامًا لمقتل زعيم حزب الله حسن نصر الله؛ حالة من الإثارة في العالم الإسلامي، وبالنسبة للكثيرين؛ تُعتبر إيران البلد الأجرأ في العالم الإسلامي التي تقف وحدها في مواجهة إسرائيل لا شكّ بأن كل مسلم صادق يتمنى تحرير فلسطين ونهاية الصهيونية، وقد أظهرت […]

How Sunni Iran became a Shi’i country

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Introduction For most of its Islamic history, the land of Iran was majority Sunni. The Shi’i Safavids, who took control of Iran in 1501, changed this forever. Unlike other Shi’i dynasties such as the Fatimids in north Africa and the Buyids in Iraq, the Safavids were successful in permanently changing the religious landscape of the […]

The Quraniyun of the twentieth century

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Until very recently, the concept of the sunna, and its legal authority was never questioned. However, the twentieth century witnessed a number of individuals and groups, who under the guise of ‘returning to the Qur’an’ have rejected in totality, the legal authority of the sunna. This study critically analyses the works of three well known hadith rejectors: Ghulam Ahmad Parwez, Rashad Khalifa, and Kassim Ahmad.