SHIʿITE DOCTRINE iii. Imamite-Sunnite Relations since the Late 19th Century Since the 20th century, sectarian relations have reflected a growing…

SHIʿITE DOCTRINE ii. Hierarchy in the Imamiyya The distinction between believers and ulema (ʿolemāʾ “religious scholars”) is known to both…

MAJLESI, Moḥammad-Bāqer b. Moḥammad-Taqi b. Maqṣud-ʿAli Eṣfahāni, (b. 1627; d. 1699 or 1700), an eminent Twelver Shiʿite jurist in Safavid…

MAJLESI, MOḤAMMAD-TAQI b. Maqṣud-ʿAli Eṣfahāni, commonly referred to as Majlesi-ye Awwal, an important Twelver Shiʿite jurist and Hadith scholar of…