Ali Shariati

"In the tradition of Abudhar, who is my mentor, whose thought, whose understanding of Islam and Shi'ism, and whose ideals, wants, and rage I emulate, I begin my talk with the name of the God of the opp…"

"The Imamah and ummah shed light on...the principle of progress , of reforming the relations of society, ideology, belief, life, and the pulling and driving of society and the souls, thoughts, and mind…"

"Islam is the first school of social thought that recognizes the masses as the basis, the fundamental and conscious factor in determining history and society not the elect as Nietzsche thought, not the…"

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"The sky was dark, the night was black, obscurity reigned, the gleam of the wolves eyes was the only light that came to sight, the howling of the jackal was the only sound to be heard, conspiracies wer…"

"In the world view of, man fears only one power, and is answerable before only one judge. He turns to only one qibla, and directs his hopes and desires to only one source. And the corollary is that all…"

"Since is a society on the move, a society not in place, but on the way, towards an objective, having a direction, ."

"Debates on the definitions of culture versus barbarism, or on the question of who is civilized and who is modern are best discussed in the light of Islamic doctrine. Quite significantly, this point mu…"