Islamic Unity

Title: Islamic Unity from the Perspective of Thaqalain
Author: Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim
Project supervisor: Translation Unit, Cultural Affairs Department Ahl al-Bayt (as) World Assembly (ABWA)
Translator & Editor: Islamic Foundation
Proofreader: Abu Ali Razavi
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
First Printing: 2012

CONTENTS
PREFACE OF AHL AL-BAYT (‘A) WORLD ASSEMBLY – 11
PRELUDE ISLAMIC UNITY FROM A CIVILIZED PERSPECTIVE
The Importance of Islamic Unity – 15
Repercussions of the End of the Cold War – 16
Reinforcements to support Islamic Stance in the Conflict – 22
A- Facing Contemporary Challenges – 23
How to address these Challenges – 26
B- Development of the Moral and Spiritual Content of the Islamic State – 27
Distinguishing between Reason and Emotion – 28
C- Islamic Unity – 30
A- The Characteristics of Islamic Unity – 31
B- Fields of Islamic Unity – 32
PART I ISLAMIC UNITY FROM THE QUR'ANIC PERSPECTIVE
Chapter I The Phenomenon of Unity and Difference in Human History – 38
The Phenomenon of Dissimilarity – 41
Differences due to Beliefs – 46
Division and Unity amongst the Divine Religions – 58
Addressing the Causes of Deviation of the People of the Book – 63
The Framework of Unity among the Divine Religions – 67
Chapter II Unity in the Muslim Community – 91
The First Dimension: The Foundations of the Islamic Unity – 91
First Base: The Doctrine of Monotheism – 92
Second Base: Obedience to the Prophet (sawas) – 96
The Third Base: The Sponsorship of the Islamic Leadership to the Nation – 101
The Fourth Base: Brotherhood in Faith – 104
The Fifth Base: The Moral Rule – 118
A - Covenant and the Charter – 119
B - Promoting of Good and Prohibiting Evil – 121
C - Ruling with Equality and Justice – 123
D – Cooperation in Righteousness and Piety – 124
E – Spread of Kindness and Goodness – 127
Second Dimension: The Means of Achieving Islamic Unity – 128
First: Call for wisdom and beautiful preaching – 129
Second: Peace and good efforts – 130
Third: Forgiveness and Reconciliation – 132
Fourth: Standing in the Face of Aggression – 133
Fifth: Relying on Knowledge in Dealing with Incidents – 138
Sixth: Dealing with others based on the Principle of Assuming Belief in
Islam – 143
The Third Dimension: Results and Effects – 144
PART II ISLAMIC UNITY ACCORDING TO THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE HOLY HOUSEHOLD OF THE PROPHET (AS)
Unity and Islamic Preferences: – 152
1- Islamic Ideology – 153
2- Islamic State – 155
3- Islamic Unity – 161
CHAPTER ONE METHOD OF ISLAMIC UNITY – 163
The first feature: Establishment of Islamic Unity based on Qur’anic view – 163
The second feature: Adopting the great issue of the nation – 167
The Third Feature: Peaceful Societal Living between the Muslim Groups – 171
Peaceful Co-existence and forming Social Network while Living amongst the Followers of Islamic Creeds – 172
The Forth Feature: Religious Camouflage (Taqiyyah) – 178
The Value of Dissimulation (Taqiyyah) according to the Point of View of Ahl Al-Bayt (as) – 178
The Relation between Dissimulation and the subject of Unity – 180
The First Option – 181
The Second Option – 181
The Third Option – 182
General and Complete View of the Method of dissimulation (Taqiyyah) – 183
First: When someone is facing Danger and Detriment – 184
Second: Keeping Secret – 187
Third: Courteous behavior, politeness and good intimacy with the
people – 192
CHAPTER TWO MARGINING DIFFERENCE AND PLURALISM – 197
Importance of Existence of Margining Difference – 197
Point of View of Ahl Al-Bayt is Distinguished with the Existence of this Margining. – 199
First: The Field of Multiple Margin – 200
One: The Freedom of Thought and Ideology: – 200
Second: Ijtihad in Deriving Islamic Jurisprudence Law – 205
Third: Acceptance of Multiple Politics – 212
Secondly: The Objectivity Limit of the Movement of this Margin – 221
Criterion of Multiple Thought and Doctrine – 221
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