Religion and War in Revolutionary Iran
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publish date: 03/01/2000
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Examining Iran's conduct up to the ceasefire and acceptance of the UN Resolution in 1988, Gieling (Persian and Islamic studies, Catholic U. of Nijmegan) documents the revolutionary clergy's rationalization of the war with Iraq in theological terms. She shows how the clerical leaders referred to the Qur'an, theological writings, tradition, and Islamic historical precedent. Her study is based on speeches of the ruling elite.
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