Quran and Hadith Studies
How to manage the political crisis of the Khawarij phenomenon during the reign of Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (peace be upon him)
Document Type : Research Article
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Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Vali Asr University, Rafsanjan
Abstract
Although numerous studies have been conducted so far on the actions and views of Imam Ali (AS) regarding the Khawarij, it seems that one of the needs of the Islamic society today is to analyze and outline what the management model and leadership method of the Imam (AS) was in confronting the Khawarij and what measures he took to prevent this sedition and the formation of a new sect in the Islamic society. In this research, an attempt has been made to analyze and examine the complete set of statements of Imam Ali (AS) during the Battle of Siffin until after the Battle of Nahrawan in relation to the Khawarij intellectual movement, and to discover and explain the Imam's leadership method in order to outline a crisis management model for this political phenomenon. The findings of the research indicate that Imam Ali (AS) has put several measures on the agenda in order to manage this intellectual movement, such as: introducing the main leaders of the front of truth and falsehood, explaining the principle of arbitrariness, and concluding the argument with the opponents. However, the most important category extracted from the thematic analysis tables is the category of "introducing the Khawarij intellectual movement", which has been manifested in two ways: explaining the negative and positive characteristics in the words of the Imam.
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