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Sunnites --- History --- Turkey --- Ottoman Empire --- Sunni Muslims --- Sunnis --- Islamic sects --- History. --- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

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Expectation of a redeemer is a widespread phenomenon across many civilisations. Classical Islamic traditions maintain that this redeemer will transform our world for the better in collaboration with Jesus, who will return as a Muslim and play a central role in this apocalyptic endeavour. While the messianic idea occupies a central place in Shi'i thought, there have also been numerous Sunni claimants throughout history - though they have received less scholarly attention. In this book, Yohanan Friedmann explores the roots of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam, and studies four major mahdi claimants - Ibn Tumart, Sayyid Muhammad Jawnpuri, Muhammad Ahmad and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - who made a considerable impact in the region where they emerged.

Mahdi --- Sunnites --- Messianism --- 297.12 --- Sunni Muslims --- Sunnis --- Islamic sects --- Mahdism --- Panislamism --- Religion --- Nativistic movements --- 297.12 Islam: theologie; doctrine --- Islam: theologie; doctrine

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The present volume describes the various phases of the inner-Islamic ecumenical dialogue in the 20th century between Sunnis and Shiites, the short-lived periods of success it achieved, but also the fierce mutual polemics it inevitably engendered. The examination focuses on the role of the Cairene Azhar University as the most important representative of Sunni Islam and its relations with Shiite scholars. Particular importance is attached to the interdependency of theological arguments and the political motivations of the interlocutors, and especially to the significance of Islamic ecumenism for Egyptian foreign policy in the 1950s. Although the main part of the study is confined to the time before 1979, in an epilogue the course of events is followed until most recent developments.

Islam --- Sunnites --- Shīʻah --- Relations --- Shīʻah. --- Sunnites. --- History --- Jāmiʻat al-Azhar. --- Shīʻah --- Sunni Muslims --- Sunnis --- Islamic sects --- Imamites --- Shia --- Shiism --- Twelvers (Islam) --- Alids --- Relations&delete& --- Jāmiʻat al-Azhar. --- Cairo. --- Azhar. --- Azhar University --- Al Azhar University --- Azhar-Universität --- جامعة الازهر --- Jāmiʻ al-Azhar --- Shiites --- Shīʻah. --- Islam - 20th century. --- Sunnites - Relations - Shīʻah. --- Shīʻah - Relations - Sunnites. --- Shīʻah - History - 20th century.

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Islam --- Shīʻah --- Sunnites --- Doctrines. --- Relations --- Sunnites. --- Shīʻah. --- Shīʻah --- 297.17 --- Dogma, Islamic --- Islamic theology --- Kalam --- Muslim theology --- Theology, Islamic --- Theology, Muslim --- 297.17 Islam: religieus geïnspireerde acties; fanatisme --- Islam: religieus geïnspireerde acties; fanatisme --- Sunni Muslims --- Sunnis --- Islamic sects --- Imamites --- Shia --- Shiism --- Twelvers (Islam) --- Alids --- Doctrines --- Relations&delete& --- Shiites

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The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iran -- with no apparent end in sight. But how did this conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much attention? John McHugo charts the history of Islam from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. He describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi'ism evolved as different sects during the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of the Sunni Ottomans and Shi'i Safavids ensured that the split would continue into the modern age. In recent decades, this centuries old divide has acquired a new toxicity resulting in violence across the Arab and Muslim world.

Shiites --- Sunnites --- Islamic sects --- Sunni Muslims --- Sunnis --- History. --- Shīʻah --- 297.12 --- 297 <09> --- Imamites --- Shia --- Shiism --- Twelvers (Islam) --- Alids --- 297.12 Islam: theologie; doctrine --- Islam: theologie; doctrine --- Relations&delete& --- Shīʻah&delete& --- History --- Sunnites&delete& --- Islam. Mohammedanisme--Geschiedenis van --- Middle East --- Relations