RELIGST 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Islamic Culture, Ulama, Cultural Imperialism

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Protecting islam is more important than prayers and fasting: prayer & fasting is between you and god, establishing an islamic state is important because it is a social issue. He went to the extent that the government can sign a contract and break it; Khomeini was talking about the authority of the jurist; scholar is the same authority as what the prophet had. The function of the scholar is the same as the function of the prophet; Faqih - jurist and scholar: custodian to the community, he"s the protector of the community. Khum - faqih had same authority as the imams. The 12th imams are the people in authority, not people like sadam or khomeini. But khomeini refers to the good rulers; Majority of scholars (shia) disagree with khomeini. When there is a chance to overthrow an unjust government, must overthrow. This will not happen in sunni, whereby a scholar will lead a revolution.

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