ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Taha Hussein, Che Guevara, Westernization
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In mantle of the prophet what is the significance of the friendship between ali hashemi and. It can tell us something about society and the lead up to the revolution. Ali hashemi was religion and studied religion in childhood, and studied with khomeini for a bit. He also spent time studying in qom, which is a very significant city in terms of religious study. He was opposed to the secularization so he was for the change and the revolution. Parviz was leftist, (communist), good with math and numbers. Hasemi was wordy, more literature-related, both are from somewhat upper middle class families. Both hashemi and parviz were against the shah (from different perspectives- hashemi was more religious- not that parviz was secular, which is a common misconception about leftists-) Hashemi was sent to jail because he wrote this article on che guevara (bringing leftist ideals in line with religious ones, creating an interesting comparison)