Shiʿi Islam: Doctrine, Practice & Revolution

•        Definitions:

Islam= 1) Peace,  2) Submission

Shia= Follower (of Imam Ali)

•        Two Main Denominations: Sunni Islam & Shiʿi Islam

•        Five Pillars of Sunni Islam: Faith (Shahadah), Prayers (Salat), Charity (Zakat), Pilgrimage (Hajj) and Fasting (Sawm)

•        Five Pillars of Shiʿi Islam: Monotheism (Tawhid), Divine Justice (Adl), Prophecy (of Mohammad), leadership (Imamah), Last Judgment (God's final assessment of humanity)

•        The Branches of Shiʿi Islam: Zaydi, Ismaili & 12 Imami

•        Principles of “Twelve Imami” Shiʿi Islam (Jafaries)

•        Three Main Approaches of Shiʿi Islam: Traditionalist Islam, Modernist Islam, and Political Islam

•        Peace, Rationality & Democracy:

1) Islam is the religion of peace

2) There is no offensive jihad in Islam

3) international regulations & conventions are respected

4) Shiʿi Islam is based on “Rationality”

5) Islam is compatible with democracy

•        Conclusion: There are many readings in Shiʿi Islam

•        Islam is the religion of peace and democracy

•        “Radical Islam Terrorism” is not the mainstream!

•         Radicalism roots in its own “context”