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Imam Khomeini And the Culture of Ashura

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Abstract of papers presented at The international congress on Imam Khomeini & the culture of Ashura
Tehran, Muharram 2-3, 1416 (June 1-2, 1995)

<  Table of Contens  >

Preface Ashura: Reformative Thought as the Basis of a Humane Education and     Social Order     Ahmad Aackuchakiyan Cultural Models in the Movement of Imam Husayn (A)     Ahmad Abedini The Role of the Movement of Ashura in the Continuity of the Islamic     Revolution     Akbar Abediyan The Movement of Ashura in the Eyes of the AhI al-Sunnah     Abdul Karim Abdullahi The Political, Social and Educational Effects of the Revolution of Abu’Abd     Allah (A)     Abd ul-Rahim Aqiqi-Bakhshayeshi The Best Methods for Preaching and Explaining the Movement of Ashura     and the Ashuraesque Teachings of Imam Khomeini (R)     MaJid Amini How the World Needs Imam Khomeini’s Ashuraesque Culture? And     What is Our Responsibility in Fulfilling that Need?     Sima Ashrafpour A look at the Mourning Ceremonies for Imam Husayn (A)     Seyyid Muhammad Ali Ayazi Ashura as Narrated by Ibn Abbar     Ahmad Badkuba-ye-Hazaweh The Qur’an and the Tragedy of Karbala     Muhammad Baqir Behbudi The Functions of Ashura     Emaduddin Baqi The Effects of the Culture of Ashura on the art and Literature of Iran     Ahmad Ahmadi Birfandi The Effects of the Culture of Ashura on the performance Arts of Iran     Ya’qub’ali Borji The Culture of Ashura in the Lives and writings of ahl al-Bayt (A)     Muhammad Ali Chenarani The Ideological Principles and Social Background of the Movement of     Ashura     Hajiyeh Cheraghi The Message of Ashura     Islam al-Dabbagh Lessons from the Uprising of Imam Husayn (A)     Hashem al-Dabbagh The Epic of Husayn (A) and the Manifestation of Man’s True Nature     Mostafa Delshad Tehrani The Literature of Ashura during the Time of the Imams (A)     Mahmud Reza Eftekharzadeh Retrieval of the Message of Ashura in the Contemporary Islamic     Movement     Hasan Yousefi Eshkavari The Messages and Achievements of the Ashura Movement     Muhammad Muhammadi Eshtehardi The Relations between Ashura and the Bi’that     Maqsud Ferasatkhwah Khomeini Politics, Husayni Politics     Mahdi Hadavi The Everlasting Uprising     Muhammad Reza Hakimi The Movement of Ashura From the View point of Shi’i and Sunni     Modernists     Muhammad Hakimpur Imam Husayn ibn Ali (A) in the Mirror of Poetry     Sayyid Ali Reza Hijazi The Sublime Gnosis of Imam Khomeini: A Gleam of the Husayni Gnosis     Izad-panah The Concept of Martyrdom in Islam and Christianity: A Comparative     Study     Abul-Fazl’Izzati Principles of the Methodology for Studying the Movement of Ashura and     the Imam’s (A) Knowledge of his Martyrdom     Muhammad Taqi Ja’fari The Aim of Islam: Unity of Ummah for Executing God’s Laws all over the     World     Sayyid Qamar Hassan Jafari Karbala: From a Spiritual to a Political Interpretation     Rasul Ja’fariyan The Philisophy of Recurrence of Mourning Ceremonies for Imam Husayn     Muhammad Ibrahim Jannati The Messages and Achievements of Ashura, and the Movements Inspired     by It in the History of Islam and the Contemporary World     Seyyid Muhammad Mahdi Ja’fari The Evaluation of the Sources and Documents for Research on the     Movement of Ashura: The Case of the Maqtal al-Husayn of Abu Mikhnaf     Hujjatullah Joudaki The Institutionalization of the Culture of Ashura     Sayyid Alireza Kebari Ashuraesque Management: The Best Model for Development     Management     Sulayman Khakban The Essence of Imam Husayn’s Uprising and the Distortions and Wrong     Conclusions Concerning it: Their Root Causes and Ways of Countering     Them     Muhammad Ali Khamseh and Hamid Barqi Shi’ah Imams and the Movement of Ashura     Sayyid Ahmad Khatami A Brief Outline of the Plan for Imam Husayn (A) and Ashura Encyclopedia     Baha’al-Din Khuramshahi An Investigation into the Famous Motto: “Life Is But Ideal and the Fight     for That Ideal”     Inayatullah Majidi The Culture of Ashura     Rajab’ali Mazlumi The Epic of Ashura in the Persian Poetry     Ali Mir-Ansari The Revival Tradition: The Methods of Guarding the Epic of Ashura and     Its Culture in the History of Islamic Culture     Jawad Muhaddighi The Culture of Ashura in a Secular World     Majeed Muhammadi The Social and Ideological Backgrounds of the Uprising of Imam Husayn     Jamal Musavi The Role of Ashura and Its Culture in Psychic Well-being     Sayyid Ghafoor Musavi A Jurisprudential Approach to the Ashura Uprising     Seyyid Reza Musavi A Comparison of Imam Husayn’s (A) Uprising with the standards of     Islamic Law     Salehi Najafabadi A Review of Historiography of Ashura in Shi’ism     Ahmad Naraqi The Culture of Ashura in the Life and Pronouncements of the Infallible Ahl     al-Bayt (A)     Ali Nazari Munfarid The Movement of Ashura and the Iranians     Nadiya Nazeri & Shahiyar Yasini Social Viewpoints of Imam Khomeini (R) on the Movement of Ashura     Ghulamreza Siddiq Ora’ie The Historical and Ideological Roots of the Movement of Ashura     Mahdi Pishva’ie A study of the Ashuraic Thoughts of Imam Khomeini     Sayyid’Ali Qaadiri The Ramifications of the Uprising of Imam Husayn in Hijaz and Iraq     Montazer-el-Qa’em Ashura and the Issue of Government     Muhammad Taqi Rahbar Reflection of Ashura’s Behavioral Model, Elite, and the People in the     Thought and Action of Imam Khomeini     Zahra Rahnavard The Effects of the Culture of Ashura and Its Manifestations in the Life and     Thoughts of Imam Khomeini (R)     Husayn Razmju The Trainees of the School of Ashura     Mahtaab Rezapur The Youthful Paragons of Ashura     Sayyid Muhammad Sa’idi The Role of Ashura in the Continuation of Islamic Movements and the     Approach of Imam Khomeini (R)     Fadlallah Salwati The Movement of Ashura and the Sacred Defense     Muhammad Reza Sangari Ashura, the Way-opener for Shi’ism     Sayyid Ja’far Shaheedi The Results of the Uprising of Abu Abd Allah (A)     Ali Husayni Shahrestani The Classification of the Movements in the Words of Imam Husayn (A)     Abulfazl Shakuri Imam Khomeini (R) and the Revival of Political Approach to Ashura     Muhammad Soroush Iranian Immigrants in Central Asia and the Influence of the Culture of     Ashura in the Second Half of 19th and Early 20th Century     Safar’Ali Sulayman Distortions of the Events of Ashura of Abu Abdullah (A)     Muhammad Torabiyan ‘Ashura’ Before Islam and the Episode of Karbala     Reza Ustadi Imam Khomeini on the Role of Ashura in the Islamic Revolution of Iran     Khosrow Vafa’ie Sa’di The ideological Foundation and Socio-Political Roots of the Movement of     Ashura     Ahmad al-Waseti The Islamic Revolution and the Movement of Imam Husayn     Muhammad Wa’iz Zadeh Khurasani The Writing of Maqtals (Accounts of Martyrdom) in the mirror of History     Mahmud Yazdi Mutlaq (Fazel) The Objective of Imam Husayn’s (A) Uprising     Murtaza Yousufi Raad Justice: The Forgotten Legacy of the Prophets During Umayyad Rule     Ghulamhusayn Zargar-nezhad The Episode of Karbala and the Uprising of 15th Khordad: A     Comparative study.     Abbas Zaari’ Imam Khomeini on the Necessity and Nature of Safeguarding the Rituals     Ghulamreza Zaker-Salehi Movement of Ashura as Viewed by the Sunni Scholars     Morteza Zokayee Imam Khomeini: Heir to the Manliness of Husayn (A)     Humayun Himmati The Role of Zaynab (A) in Safeguarding the Movement of Ashura     Zahra Abadhari Sublimity of Imam Khomeini’s (R) Viewpoint regarding Ashura in     Comparison with the Conflicting Theories of Modern Psychology     Rowshanak Khudabakhsh Political and Social Foundations of the Movement of Ashura     Muhammad Sadiq Najmi Ashura as the Basis of the Iranian Revolution: Internal and External     Ramifications     Dr. Syed Anwar Husayn Ashura Movement as viewed by Sunni Denomination of Islam     Prof. Madani

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