The strategies of Imami Shia discourse against the Sunni discourse in the Levant region from the fifth century to the end of the Mamluk period

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10.22081/hiq.2024.66677.2342

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The exclusivity of the Sunnis and some Shia beliefs such as the belief in the illegitimacy of the non-infallible government and the permissibility of leaving the unjust ruler have increased the distance between these two sects. He led the dominant Sunnis to establish a gentile atmosphere. But at the same time, in the 10th century of history, he witnessed the dynamic and growing life of Shiites in this region. For this purpose, the current research, using the theory and method of discourse analysis of Laclau and Mouffe, and using the technique of historical data analysis, seeks to answer the question that the strategies of Imamite Shiite discourse to preserve its life between the fifth and tenth centuries in contrast to the hegemonic discourse. How has Sunnis been? The theory of discourse analysis, with its latent potential of analysis, can help in drawing the constructive atmosphere and clarifying the ambiguous angles of the mentioned time period between the two discourses. The findings of this research indicate that the Imami Shiites put a series of overt and hidden strategies, including government formation, migration, taqiyyah, explaining their beliefs, and the formation of Shiite seminaries in order to preserve their lives, and the most blessed These strategies, which, in addition to preserving the life of Shia, ensured the strengthening of its semantic system in the Levant and the neighboring lands, were the strategies of the formation of scholarly groups.

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History of Islam

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