Religious extremism (ghuluww)
Subtitle: intellectual and doctrinal deviance in Islam
By: Ayatullah Ne'matollah Salehi Najafabadi ; translated by Hamid Mavani ; illustrated by Shahram Ettehadi
Contributors: Mavani, Hamid, 1962-; Ettehadi, Shahram; Organization for the Advancement of Islamic Knowledge and Humanitarian Services (O.A.I.K. & H.S.)
Publisher: Organization for the Advancement of Islamic Knowledge and Humanitarian Services
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780968086841
Subjects: Islam; Apologetic works; Islamic fundamentalism; Theology
Description: The book examines the genesis of exaggeration and extremism in Islam and its devastating ramifications. Distortion and interpolation of the prophetic literature has resulted in elevating the status of saints to almost divinity. The laity has become accustomed to listening to exaggerated claims about their saints resulting in devaluation of the essence of Islam along with paralysis of the faculty of intellect.
Notes: The book examines the genesis of exaggeration and extremism in Islam and its devastating ramifications. Distortion and interpolation of the prophetic literature has resulted in elevating the status of saints to almost divinity. Furthermore, the laity has become accustomed to listening to exaggerated claims about their saints resulting in devaluation of the essence of Islam along with paralysis of the faculty of intellect.

Includes bibliographical references.