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Shia ideology. In the Shia Monarchy and [hereditary]
school of thought, embracing succession constitute an
martyrdom is intertwined ominous and invalid system
with its evidence, i.e. the of government, against
Karbala Battle in 680 AD. which Hadhrat Seyed
Fighting injustice and ash-Shohada (master of
struggling for promoting martyrs; an allusion to
justice and righteousness the Imam Hussein) rose
are key concepts enshrined up and was martyred.
in the Shia-prescribed (Imam Khomeini, 2010: 8)
martyrdom. Belief in the
reappearance of Mahdi will Shia Political Discourse
be the realization of divine The history of formation of
promise and fulfilment of religious marja' in the Shia
obligations of all prophets, faith dates back to when
servants and combatants the Imam Mahdi went into
for the sake of justice. occultation. As long as the
Both of the aforesaid Imam Mahdi remains occult,
concepts define the political steering and leading the
life of Shiism. The Imam Islamic society will fall
Khomeini has described the upon competent religious
uprising of the Imam scholars.
Hussein, the third Shia According to official data,
imam and grandson of the during the ten centuries
Prophet Muhammad, as follows: leading to the death of
Ayatollah Boroujerdi (1961),
