No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam

176 No god but God As mentioned, the Shi‘atu Ali first looked to Hasan, the eldest son of Ali and Fatima, to represent them as t ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 177 Before Walid could act upon Marwan’s advice, Husayn hastily gathered the members of his family a ...

178 No god but God independence from Damascus and selecting their own leader to rep- resent them in Medina. Yazid responded to t ...

�� In the Footsteps of Martyrs 179 W HAT SETS THE actions of the Penitents at Karbala apart in the history of religions is that ...

180 No god but God in the rites formalized by the Shi‘ite authorities sometime around the mid-eighth century, and which to this ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 181 Pinault, “We do matam not just to commemorate Husayn but as a way of saying we are Shi‘ites.” Mo ...

182 No god but God mad’s earthly authority, there must also exist an “ever-present” or “pre-existent” Imam who, as the eternal g ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 183 pages two different messages meant for two different audiences. The Quran’s explicit message (za ...

184 No god but God According to Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq, these exquisitely wrought lines conceal a message from God to the Shi‘ah. ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 185 had in the formation of Islamic jurisprudence made it the dominant school in Shi‘ism. To this da ...

186 No god but God revolts against the Umayyad Caliphate. However, the Ismailis were the first Islamic sect for whom belief in t ...

�� In the Footsteps of Martyrs 187 With the Imam no longer present on earth, the Shi‘ah settled into a long period of political ...

188 No god but God ics, bazaari merchants, feminists, communists, socialists, and Marxists, Muslims, Christians, and Jews, men, ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 189 Fifteen years later, in 1979, Khomeini returned to Iran, tri- umphant and determined to usher in ...

190 No god but God class, and nearly every sociopolitical organization in Iran—from the communists to the feminists—put aside th ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 191 is sufficient to understand the basic outline of the doctrine and its place in Khomeini’s politi ...

192 No god but God of Muslim clerics in the modern world was to preserve the spiritual character of the Islamic state, not to ru ...

In the Footsteps of Martyrs 193 Long before his messianic rise to power in Iran, however, Kho- meini was a devoted disciple of t ...

������ 8. Stain Your Prayer Rug with Wine THE SUFI WAY T HIS IS THE legend of Layla and Majnun. Once, a boy of exceeding beauty ...

Stain Your Prayer Rug with Wine 195 ing the cups of their hearts to the brim; they drank whatever was poured for them and grew d ...