SPURIOUS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE SHIA

ID Book

Author: Ayatulla Abu Talib Tajlil at- Tabrizi

Translator: Abdullah al- Shahin

Editor: Ahmed Haneef

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum

First Edition 2001 - 1380 - 1422

second Edition 2005 - 1384 - 1426

Thamin Ali-a'immah Press

Quantity: 2000

Number of pages: 120

Size: 145 x 210 mm

ISBN: 964-438-338-9

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED AND RECORDED FOR THE PUBLISHER

PREFACE

All Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. And Allah’s blessing and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his progeny.

We, the Shias, have been accustomed to meeting with accusations and have had to put up with them. The accusations against us started on the death of our Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and thus we were made the adversary in the history of Islam. As the adversary we have had to bear the persecution and torture of the ruling authorities and the accusations, annoyance, and hurt from people.

Throughout the ages, there was no difference in this state of affairs except in the severity of the attack. Sometimes, something would happen to make the accusation and persecution a little lighter, and then something else would be the cause for a strong assault or set an excuse for another attack.

What occurred in our time was that the Shia committed a great sin and made a serious mistake. According to a verdict issued by the leading religious authority, the Shia in Iran revolted against their shah. The West and the Jews became very angry with this, as were the rulers of many Muslim countries. They started their activities against the Shiite state. It was not long before the anger reached the books and the writers inimical to the Shia and a new attack arose against the Shiism. The old accusations of the Umayyad State were repeated in a new dress, looking for a new axe to grind.

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