Religion and state in Khumainī's Kashf al-asrār

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ID2823997
AutoresViv Martins (0000-0002-6377-5087, autor de correspondencia), Vanessa Martins, Vanessa Martin (0000-0003-1485-5264)
Año1993
Volumen56
Número1
Páginas34-45
Fecha de publicación1993-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x00001658
OpenAlexW2035974868
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas15

Āyatullāh Ruhullāh Khumainī's first major political work, Kashf al-asrār (The revealing of secrets), was published in about 1943, its purpose being according to the author, to repudiate attacks upon the 'ulamā' by writers in the press and printed leaflets during the Riḍā Shāh period, and to rectify the misconceptions that had arisen among the public as a result of the dissemination of these views. It would seem that the book, however, was primarily a refutation of one work, Asrār-i hizār sāla by 'Alț Akbār Ḥakamțzāda, also published in 1943. Ḥakamțzāda accused the 'ulamā' of encouraging superstitious practice amongst their following in order to perpetuate their own power, and cited as examples belief in the intercession of the Prophet and his descendants, designated as shirk, and non-recognition of the legitimacy of the temporal power

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