Iranian Religious-political Development in Light of Three Epochal Transformations

Authors

  • Bahman Khodadadi Faculty of Law, University of Münster, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58441/psf.v1i3.4

Abstract

Three epoch-making upheavals have had a tremendous impact on the
Iranian polity throughout its long history. These upheavals have radically
reshaped and restructured the society in terms of its religio-political
and jurisprudential institutions. The invasion of the Arabs, the rise of
Safavids, and the Islamic Revolution, respectively, changed the religion
of the Iranians from Zoroastrianism to Islam, made Shiite Islam the
official religion in the whole of Iran, and established the theocratic
state based on Shiism. As the first phase begins with the prevalence of
Islam in Iran, the body of discussion in this paper revolves around the
Islam-inspired norms that have shaped the religio-political framework
of the country. The paper seeks to highlight these seasons by analyzing
the systematic-normative outcomes that the Iranian society witnessed.

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Published

2023-04-13