Content

Introduction

Chapter 1
A study on the Question of  Al_Wilaya:

How shi'ism came into existence

The First Path

The Second Path

The Third Path

How the Shi'a came into existence

Chapter 2
Wilaya of Imam Ali and its Theological_ juridical Implication for the Islamic Political Thought

Introduction

Wilaya as the Moral Vision of Islamic Revelation

The Trust (al-Amana) in the Qur'an and the Wilaya

Conclusion

Chapter 3
Orientalists and the Event of Gadir Khum: Introduction

Shi'ism and the Orientalists

The Event of Ghadir Khum: From Oblivion to Recognition

Shaban & His New Interpretation

Conclusion

Chapter 4
The Theological Aspects of Gadir Khum