Shi'a Islam : from religion to revolution / by Heinz Halm ; translated from the German by Allison Brown.

The author highlights the three main aspects of Shi'a Islam: its historical development, especially the history of the Imams; the rituals, including flagellation and passion plays; and the rule of the mullahs, known as the "government of experts." Shi'ism is as old as Islam. It b...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Halm, Heinz, 1942-
Other Authors:	Brown, Allison (Translator)
Other title:	Schiitische Islam. English.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English German
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, ©1997.
Series:	Princeton series on the Middle East.
Subjects:	Shīʻah > History. Shīʻah. History.