Sunnis in Iran – NEW UPLOAD!!!
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November 14, 2024Introduction
November 15, 2024
There exists a general perception of Iran as a Shia country, so much so that the identification of Iran with Shi’ism is practically spontaneous. Yet many people do not know that approximately 500 years ago, the majority of the people of this land were of the Ahlus Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah. It was the advent of the fanatic Safavid Dynasty whose conquest of Iran started in 1501 that made Iran into a homeland for Shi’ism by means of persecution and forcible conversion. Despite the most unfavourable of circumstances, Sunnism has managed to survive in this land that once boasted the cream of Sunni scholarship, statesmanship and spirituality. This is Mufti Taha Karaan’s rahimahu Llah translation of an Arabic booklet, Ahwal Ahlus Sunnah fi Iran (The Conditions of the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran), written by an Iranian Sunni, ‘Abdul Haqq al Isfahani rahimahu Llah, that was published in Jordan in 1989. By re-publishing its translation here, we hope to create awareness about a community that has endured five centuries of adversity and misfortune, a community whose voice has been effectively drowned out by the rhetoric of the Revolution.
Sunnis in Iran
adapted from al Istiqamah – a bi monthly journal (est. 1997) by Molana Muhammad Taha Karan rahimahu Llah.
Click one of the sections below:
The demographics of the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran
The founding of the Safavid State in Iran
Conspiracies against the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran
Agencies for the propagation of Shia thought
The Organisation of Islamic Guidance
The Political and Doctrinal Organisation in the Army
Organisations in educational institutions
The Reconstruction Crusade
The People’s Army
The Plight of Sunni ‘Ulama’ in Iran
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- Ahmed Muftizadah
- Molana ‘Abdul ’Aziz Mullazadah
- Sheikh ‘Uthman Siraj al Din
- Sheikh Muhyi al Din
- Sheikh Ibrahim Safizadah
- Molana Nazr Muhammad Baluchi
- Molana Dost Muhammad Baluchi
- Sayed ‘Abdul Ba’ith Qattali
- Mawlawi Ibrahim Damani
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Majid
- Sheikh Muhammad Qasim
- Sheikh Ahmed Narawi
- Molana ‘Abdullah Quhistani
- Molana ‘Abdul Ghani Sheikh Jami
- Molana Sayed Ahmed Husayni
- Molana ‘Abdul Baqi Shirani
- Molana Jawanshir Rawadi
- Molana Ghulam Sarwar Yarizmi
- Molana ‘Abdul Latif
- Molana ‘Abdul Malik Mullazadah
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Nasir Jamshidzahi
- Molana ‘Ali Akbar Mullazadah
- Dr. Ahmed Sayyad
- Sheikh Faruq Farsad
- Sheikh Muhammad Salih Diya’i
- Sheikh Muhammad Rabi’i
- Sheikh Nasir Subhani
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Haqq
- Molana ‘Abdul Wahhab Siddiqi
- Dr. ‘Ali Muzaffariyan
- Mawlawi Sher Muhammad Barahwi
Masjids and Madrasahs
There exists a general perception of Iran as a Shia country, so much so that the identification of Iran with Shi’ism is practically spontaneous. Yet many people do not know that approximately 500 years ago, the majority of the people of this land were of the Ahlus Sunnah wa l-Jama’ah. It was the advent of the fanatic Safavid Dynasty whose conquest of Iran started in 1501 that made Iran into a homeland for Shi’ism by means of persecution and forcible conversion. Despite the most unfavourable of circumstances, Sunnism has managed to survive in this land that once boasted the cream of Sunni scholarship, statesmanship and spirituality. This is Mufti Taha Karaan’s rahimahu Llah translation of an Arabic booklet, Ahwal Ahlus Sunnah fi Iran (The Conditions of the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran), written by an Iranian Sunni, ‘Abdul Haqq al Isfahani rahimahu Llah, that was published in Jordan in 1989. By re-publishing its translation here, we hope to create awareness about a community that has endured five centuries of adversity and misfortune, a community whose voice has been effectively drowned out by the rhetoric of the Revolution.
Sunnis in Iran
adapted from al Istiqamah – a bi monthly journal (est. 1997) by Molana Muhammad Taha Karan rahimahu Llah.
Click one of the sections below:
The demographics of the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran
The founding of the Safavid State in Iran
Conspiracies against the Ahlus Sunnah in Iran
Agencies for the propagation of Shia thought
The Organisation of Islamic Guidance
The Political and Doctrinal Organisation in the Army
Organisations in educational institutions
The Reconstruction Crusade
The People’s Army
The Plight of Sunni ‘Ulama’ in Iran
-
- Ahmed Muftizadah
- Molana ‘Abdul ’Aziz Mullazadah
- Sheikh ‘Uthman Siraj al Din
- Sheikh Muhyi al Din
- Sheikh Ibrahim Safizadah
- Molana Nazr Muhammad Baluchi
- Molana Dost Muhammad Baluchi
- Sayed ‘Abdul Ba’ith Qattali
- Mawlawi Ibrahim Damani
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Majid
- Sheikh Muhammad Qasim
- Sheikh Ahmed Narawi
- Molana ‘Abdullah Quhistani
- Molana ‘Abdul Ghani Sheikh Jami
- Molana Sayed Ahmed Husayni
- Molana ‘Abdul Baqi Shirani
- Molana Jawanshir Rawadi
- Molana Ghulam Sarwar Yarizmi
- Molana ‘Abdul Latif
- Molana ‘Abdul Malik Mullazadah
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Nasir Jamshidzahi
- Molana ‘Ali Akbar Mullazadah
- Dr. Ahmed Sayyad
- Sheikh Faruq Farsad
- Sheikh Muhammad Salih Diya’i
- Sheikh Muhammad Rabi’i
- Sheikh Nasir Subhani
- Sheikh ‘Abdul Haqq
- Molana ‘Abdul Wahhab Siddiqi
- Dr. ‘Ali Muzaffariyan
- Mawlawi Sher Muhammad Barahwi
Masjids and Madrasahs