The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 23 Dec 2010 at 1:21, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> So I would want to see a > clearer statement on how Shia define the limits of the ummah. My answer was based on family law in Iran, because I wrote a booklet on the topic. If you look at the theoreticians of the republic soon after the revolution - when exporting the revolution was high on the agenda - you will find very inclusive statements, which contradict their theories of the justification for velayat-e faqih. If you look at the other end of the spectrum, at Khatami, he is again inclusive but sincerely so, and the same would apply to some other modernisers. But what the theoreticians say doesn't count for much, it's social attitudes that determine how much tension there is between the communities. Sen __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-548641-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
