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Heinz Halm's "Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution"


In his 176-page volume, the leading German Islamist, Heinz Halm is able to trace the roots of the Iranian Revolution back throughout the history of the Shi'ism. Contrary to many western thinkers and Iranian militants, Halm feels as though Shi'i Islam's character was not inherently revolutionary, but that the transition to revolution marked a milestone and a watershed in the history of Shi'i thought and history. The title of his book, "Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution" really synopsizes Halm's point quite adequately. Heinz Halm is currently a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Tubingen and is the author of numerous other works on Sunni Islam, Shi'ism and Isma'ilism. Some of his works include: "The Empire of the Mahdi", "The Rise of the Fatimids", and "Shi'ism".
"Shi'a Islam: From Religion to Revolution" is broken up into three sections, which play their respective parts in relaying Halm's......

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