Having a Look at Josef van Ess› Newly-Published Book about the Books of Nations and Islamic Disobedience
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The following paper is the Persian translation of a book report written by Professor Wilfred Madelung about Professor Josef van Ess› recently released book One and the Other [i.e.: God and all the men›s thoughts about him]: Considerations about Books of Mellal wa Nehal Negāshti-e Islami. In this short article, Madelung, presenting his general assessment of Van Ess› book, points out his most important different views from Van Ess over important issues and controversial events of early Islam, such as the question of succession of the Prophet (PBUH), the usurpation of the caliphate, the killing of Uthman, and the Shias and the Sunnis disputes over these matters. Some of his sympathetic views with the Shi›a views on these issues are very important and worthy of consideration since he is a historian and a neutral scholar who has an objective view about both Shiite and Sunni religions.
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