tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post4220228525439708631..comments2024-03-27T02:20:19.265-04:00Comments on Informed Comment: Global Affairs: al-Sayyid Musa al-Sadr: the seminal Lebanese Shi'i reformerJuan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-21899182612126991582008-04-01T16:50:00.000-04:002008-04-01T16:50:00.000-04:00For anon et alAnother imam with the al-Sadr name w...For anon et al<BR/>Another imam with the al-Sadr name was enough to pique my curiosity.<BR/><BR/>Article gives a brief account of the work in Lebanon, during 60's and 70's, of this charismatic, reformist Shi'a cleric. He left his home in Iran in early 60's to fill a clerical vacancy in Lebanon, and vanished in 1978 during a trip to Libya. <BR/><BR/>While he lived and worked among the poor Shi'i of south Lebanon, he developed teachings of change and non-violence for his disenfranchised followers. In his last year, he may have come to believe that arms were sometimes unavoidable.<BR/><BR/>His disappearance coincided with an election period in Lebanon. Traditional political bosses feared his teachings, which encouraged poor Shi'i to demand rights from political leaders.<BR/><BR/>His teachings and work may be fundamental to an understanding of developments of contemporary Shi'a belief and practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275824557999662261.post-60955425555474055792008-03-30T06:59:00.000-04:002008-03-30T06:59:00.000-04:00Simply posting a link with no explanation of comme...Simply posting a link with no explanation of comment is lazy and I cannot be bothered with such laziness.<BR/><BR/>Please have respect for your readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com