"SUNNI VS SHIITES-CLASH OF HISTORICAL NARRATIVES"
WITH DR.KHALID BLANKINSHIP
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Perhaps the first most significant ideological and epistemological split in the history of the Islamic community was the split between Sunnis and Shiites. Both factions have doctrines that can be traced back to the time of Islam’s sacred history, and both have claimed orthodoxy from the very beginning. The death of the Prophet Muhammad—Allah’s mercy and peace on him—and the subsequent strife related to succession is the starting point of the historical clash between Sunnis and Shiites.
According to Dr. Khalid Blankinship
“Today, the real history of Islam has not been written, because the classical histories, for all their virtues, are incomplete in their coverage both chronologically and topically, and the modern histories still follow politics in the manner of romantics.”
Rafiq al-Tariq: A Companion to Classical Muslim Religious Literature in English (Unpublished)
This upcoming webinar is intended to challenge some popular notions entertained both by Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Are the differences between Sunnis and Shiites truly insurmountable? How reliable are historical reports in both the Sunni and Shiite sources? Can an uncorroborated historical report be utilized as a sufficient basis for establishing a tenet of faith or even strong enough to determine the illegitimacy of another’s Islam? What really happened after the Prophet’s death? Do Sunnis have too romantic of an idea about Islamic history? Do Shiites have sufficient reason for confidence that it is licit to antagonize and curse many of the closest companions of the Prophet—Allah’s mercy and peace on him?
These and more questions will be answered during this upcoming webinar with Dr. Khalid Blankinship. This is one you definitely won’t want to miss.
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