The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran

This book analyzes the evolution of the Hojjatiyeh movement in Iran, a semi-clandestine movement which emerged in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement, went underground in the 1960s, and re-emerged openly after Iran's 1979 revolution with its members coming to occupy some of the highest echelon posts in Iranian politics

'Highly original, rich in detail, and timely.'

• Anoushiravan Ehteshami, ESRC Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World, Durham University, UK

  Autorentext
  Ronen A. Cohen is a lecturer in the Department of Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, Ariel University Center, Israel.

  Inhalt
  Preface PART I: THE SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND TO THE IMMATE SHI'A: ITHNA A'SHARIYYAH AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The Story of the Shi'a. The Revival of the Shi'a after the Qajars PART II: THE BAHA'I FAITH AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE HOJJATIYEH The Baha'i Faith and its Origins in Shi'a Islam and Despair The Hojjatiyeh Society PART III: POST-REVOLUTION ERA AND THE HOJJATIYEH AS COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES MOVEMENT Danger Ahead Challenging Khomeini Conclusions