أخطاء منهجية في دراسة فكر الشيعة الإمامية

الملخص EN

The diversity of perspectives and viewpoints of people concerning the issues and matters should be accepted as something natural.

It is also one of the great sings of God Almighty.

However, if the human beings in this world all have one perspective and opinion, the life will stop and the beauty of this world will be vanished and the science cannot be developed.

There is no doubt that Islam encourage its followers to live with peace and harmony and respect the other religions.

In Islamic perspective, the diversity of nations, religions and ethnics should be acknowledged and strongly Islam condemns the fanaticism, extremism, zealotry and racism.

Instead, Islam accepts all ideologies and religions and practically accepts diversity and variation.

However, the absence of proper scientific methodology in dealing with this diversity was one of the most prominent problems suffered by Muslims in many historical periods.

Thus, this paper will focus on using the wrong methods and misinterpretations on the Shia sources by scholars and experts on religious sects.

Some of these interpretations caused many misunderstandings concerning the Shia books and unfairly portrayed as unreliable sources. Finally, despite the academic purpose behind this study, the principles of discourse and dialogue will be concentrated as main aims of this study to attain the truth.

Additionally, spreading tolerance, accepting others as they are, and preserving religious brotherhood are our goals by focusing on some misconceptions that inherited from the past regarding Shiites