The role of the Ulema in religious reform between the 7th and 9th AHs, with emphasis on Ibn Taymiyya and Fazlullah Astarabadi, "Compared to the religious reform movement in the West"

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Milad Parniyani ¹ (Ph.D. Student of Iranian History after Islam, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar)
Monireh Kazemi ² (Dr. Faculty of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran)
Vali Dinparast ³ (Faculty of History, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran)
Manijeh Sadri ⁴ (Faculty of History, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran)

Received: 2017-10-07 Accepted : 2018-04-09 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: Keywords: Ulema, Religious Reform, Ibn Taymiyyah, Fazlollah Astarabadi – Society,

Abstract :

The occurrence of special events between the 7th and the 9th century AH, by somescholars, is evidence of the development of a dissident and arrogant thinking, which insome cases can be adapted to the events of European history during the period ofreligious reformation. The research goes on to ask: "What are the features of thedistinction and similarity of this socio-cultural phenomenon (especially during theIlkhani and Timurid periods) with its western model, and which causes of failure?"Research findings suggest that prejudice, lawlessness, sedition, and short-term thinkingin Iran have had a meaningful relationship with the inferiority of religious reform in thatland, and despite the efforts of some influential scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah and FazlAllah Naimi has not come to an end. The research method in this study will be based ona deductive and adaptive analysis with a holistic view.