Velayat-e Faqih: Innovation or Within Tradition

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" Velayat-e Faqih: Innovation or Within Tradition "
Ali Siyar Rezai Gallab, Abdullahi

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	803939
Doc. No	:	TL48748
Call number	:	‭1793940459;‮ ‬10109449‬
Main Entry	:	Twist, Joseph
Title & Author	:	Velayat-e Faqih: Innovation or Within Tradition\ Ali Siyar RezaiGallab, Abdullahi
College	:	Arizona State University
Date	:	2016
Degree	:	M.A.
field of study	:	Religious Studies
student score	:	2016
Page No	:	96
Note	:	Committee members: Gereboff, Joel; Talebi, Shahla
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-72734-9
Abstract	:	The concept of <i>Velayat-e Faqih</i> as a type of Shi‘ite Islamic government gained popularity three decades ago, after the Islamic revolution in Iran. The new constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was based on <i>Velayat-e Fagih</i>, proposed by the Imam Khomeini many consider him as the leader of the Islamic Revolution and the founder of the Iranian Islamic Republic. What is <i>Velayat-e Faqih</i>? Who can be the <i>Vali Faqih</i>? Why wasn't this idea proposed before Islamic Revolution in 1979? Did all the Shi‘ite religious scholars endorse this idea or the <i>Vali Faqih</i> himself? All of these questions ultimately lead us to ask whether this concept has been drawn from Shi‘ite Islamic discourses or it may perhaps be considered a novelty: a secularization of religion. These questions are increasingly discussed in academia and in the large public arena. Moreover, this discourse has divided Shi‘ite Muslims into three groups: supporters of the <i>Velayat-e Faqih</i>, its opponents, and the silent group. It is important to analyze the position of all those groups including the silent group who did not publicly endorse or reject the theory. The theory of <i>Velayat-e Faqih</i> has emerged from the Imamate doctrine, which constitutes a cornerstone of Shi'ite sect of Islam. It is necessary to understand this political doctrine in relation to the context within which this concept of leadership had emerged. In order to overcome the ambiguities surrounding the relationship between <i> Velayat-e Faqih</i> and the position of Islamic jurist as a source of guidance and imitation (Marje Taqleed), it is necessary to discuss the various dimension of guardianship in the absence of the infallible Imam. Furthermore, the focus of this research is to review whether the concept of <i>Velayat-e Faqih</i> was innovated after the Islamic Revolution of Iran or existed within the Shi‘ite tradition.
Subject	:	Religion; Islamic Studies; Political science
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Iran;Shi'ite;Tradition;Velayat-e Faqih
Added Entry	:	Gallab, Abdullahi
Added Entry	:	Religious StudiesArizona State University