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Nov 2024
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Book Talk: Controversies in Formative Sh...

Al-Mahdi Institute
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<p>Among the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular was known derisively as the Ghulat ('extremists'). This was owing to their specific interpretation of Islam, which included an 'extreme' devotion to the Shi'i Imams and the family of the Prophet, and controversial religio ... Show More
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