Ghadir

Introduction	3
about the author	6
A Study on the Question of Al-Wilaya	7
How Shi`ism came into existence	9
The First Path	10
The Second Path	14
The Third Path	32
How the Shi`a came into existence	36
About the Author	46
Wilaya of Imam Ali and its Theological-Juridical Implications for the Islamic Political Thought	47
Introduction	48
Wilaya as the Moral Vision of Islamic Revelation	55
The Trust (al-Amana) in the Qur'an and the Wilaya	61
Conclusion	72
About the Author	74
Orientalists and the Event of Ghadir Khum	75
I. Introduction	75
II: Shilsm and the Orientalists	76
III. The Event of Ghadir Khum: From Oblivion to Recognition	79
IV. Shaban & His New Interpretation	84
V. Conclusion	88
About the Author	90
The Theological Aspects of Ghadir Khum	91

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