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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