Résumé Dans le shiʿisme duodécimain iranien, deux catégories de traditions populaires (comprenant rituels, pratiques et croyances) ont pris forme au cours du temps autour la question mal, précisément des souffrances mort subies par les personnes famille Prophète ( ahl al-bayt ). La première catégorie comprend expressions poétiques élégiaques marṯīya ) accompagnées reflétant passion compassion p...

The relation between Shiʿism and Sufism has been long a matter of discussion among scholars, leading to a spectrum of views: some maintain that the two are identical, and, on the other extreme, some believe that they are totally divergent. However, the love for the Imams of the Shiʿa is shared by all Sufi orders, including the Sufis of Khurasan. As the paragons of spirituality and representativ...

BACKGROUND Muslims comprise 4.8% of the national population in the UK and also form a significant proportion of its ethnic minority population, with trends set to continue for the foreseeable future. With ethnic minority health inequalities deepening further, there is an apparent lack of strategies to effectively tackle this growing problem. Imams, Muslim religious leaders, represent a hitherto...

Abstract The problem of the goodness God, freedom man and origin Evil, i.e. theodicy, proves to be particularly acute in Twelver Shiʿi Islam, because historical awareness evil within community fundamental dualism, metaphysical as well moral, doctrine. However, this was subject various essays by Iranian philosophers Neoplatonic inspiration, trying harmonize teachings tradition (i.e. ḥadīṯ s attr...