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Alí Šarí'atí byl íránský sociolog náboženství a revolucionář, považovaný za jednoho z nejdůležitějších duchovních otců íránské islámské revoluce.

Již od studentských let se zapojoval do odporu proti monarchii a byl několikrát zatčen. Po absolvování bakalářského studia na Mahšadské univerzitě získal stipendium v Paříži, kde roku 1964 obdržel doktorát ze sociologie na Sorbonně. Začal tam spolupracovat s levicovou alžírskou Frontou národního osvobození a seznámil se s dílem Frantze Fanona, jehož překládal do perštiny, i s řadou dalších levicových intelektuálů. Také v Paříži byl roku 1961 zadržen policií za účast na demontraci na podporu Patrice Lumumby.

Když se Šarí'atí roku 1964 vrátil do Íránu, byl na několik týdnů uvězněn za své pařížské aktivity. Po propuštění začal učit nejprve na Mahšadské univerzitě a později v Teheránu. Jeho přednášky se staly nesmírně populárními, ale zároveň se Šarí'atí rychle stal trnem v oku režimu. Roku 1973 byl spolu s některými svými studenty uvězněn a propuštěn až po 18 měsících díky vlně mezinárodních i domácích protestů. Po nějakém čase po propuštění mu bylo dovoleno vycestovat do Anglie, kde po třech měsících zemřel, pravděpodobně následkem infarktu, i když se spekuluje i o vraždě. Je pohřben v Damašku.

Šarí'atí vytvořil novou interpretaci ší'itského islámu, inspirovanou západním levicovým myšlením a podporující revoluci. Bývá označována jako „rudá ší'a“ a srovnávána s teologií osvobození latinskoamerických levicových katolických teologů.



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✵ 23. listopad 1933 – 19. červen 1977
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“Modernity is one of the most delicate and vital issues confronting us, the people of non-European countries and Islamic societies. A more important issue is the relationship between an imposed modernization and genuine civilization. We must discover if modernity as is claimed is a synonym for being civilised, or if it is an altogether different issue and social phenomenon having no relation to civilisation at all. Unfortunately modernity has been imposed on us, the non-European nations, in the guise of civilization.”

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Zdroj: Reflections of Humanity, (1984), p. 17: Second paragraph.

“The sky was dark, the night was black, obscurity reigned, the gleam of the wolves eyes was the only light that came to sight, the howling of the jackal was the only sound to be heard, conspiracies were in the making while slanderers and the malicious were busily chattering”

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Quote in: Ali Rahnema An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati. (2000), p. 258
Rahnema commented that "Shariati did not believe he had any chance of returning to Ershad and evaluated his situation in a poetical and macabre fashion".

“In the tradition of Abudhar, who is my mentor, whose thought, whose understanding of Islam and Shi'ism, and whose ideals, wants, and rage I emulate, I begin my talk with the name of the God of the oppressed (mustad'afan). My topic is very specific.”

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Zdroj: Where Shall We Begin, 1997-2013, p. 1 Lead sentence.

“Since (from the same root as umma) to lead us toward that objective].”

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Ali Shariati, in: The Islamic Quarterly, Vol. 27-29, (1983), p. 215.

“Similar to the prophets, the enlightened souls also neither belongs to the community or scientists nor to the camp of unaware and stagnant masses. They are aware and responsible individuals whose most important objective and responsibility is to bestow the great God-given gift of "self- awareness" (khod-agahi) to the general public. Only self-awareness transforms static and corrupt masses into a dynamic and creative cantor, which fosters great genius and gives rise to great leaps, which in turn become the springboard for the emergence of civilization, culture and great heroes.”

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Zdroj: Where Shall We Begin, 1997-2013, p. 1.

“Islam is the first school of social thought that recognizes the masses as the basis, the fundamental and conscious factor in determining history and society not the elect as Nietzsche thought, not the aristocracy and nobility as Plato claimed, nor great personalities as Carlyle and Emerson believed, not those of pure blood as Alexis Carrel imagined, not the priests or the intellectuals, but the masses.”

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Zdroj: On the sociology of Islam: lectures. (1979), p. 49; as cited in: Ali Mirsepassi (2000) Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization, p. 126.

“The enlightened soul is a person who is self-conscious of his "human condition" in his time and historical and social setting, and whose awareness inevitably and necessarily gives him a sense of social responsibility.”

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Zdroj: Where Shall We Begin, 1997-2013, p. 1 ; as cited in: Robert Deemer Lee, Overcoming tradition and modernity: the search for Islamic authenticity, (11997), p. 127.

“Debates on the definitions of culture versus barbarism, or on the question of who is civilized and who is modern are best discussed in the light of Islamic doctrine. Quite significantly, this point must be kept in mind, particularly as a matter of concern to individuals of the educated classes of Islamic societies upon whom lies the burden of responsibility and leadership of the Umma.”

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Zdroj: Reflections of Humanity, (1984), p. 17; Lead paragraph.

“The Imamah (religious leadership) and ummah (religious community) shed light on…the principle of progress [which society should strive towards], of reforming the relations of society, ideology, belief, life, and the pulling and driving of society and the souls, thoughts, and minds that make up this society to the best possible form. The ummah is not a society where human individuals feel a stagnant form of confort and happiness, or feel a free, carelss sense of irresponsibility and make static comfort the goal of life.”

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On the Role of Leadership in the West vs Role of Leadership in Shi'ism (date of speech unknown). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0evSkdzXF_4
Speeches: On Religious Government and Islamic Leadership

“In the world view of tauhid, man fears only one power, and is answerable before only one judge. He turns to only one qibla, and directs his hopes and desires to only one source. And the corollary is that all else is false and pointless all the diverse and variegated tendencies, strivings, fears, desires and hopes of man are vain and fruitless.”

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Zdroj: On the sociology of Islam: lectures. (1979), p. 97; partly cited in: John L. Esposito (1996) Islam and Democracy. p. 25.

“'Party,' in the general vocabulary of world intellectuals, is basically a unified social organization with a 'world-view,' an 'Ideology,' a 'philosophy of history,' and 'ideal social order,' a 'class foundation,' a 'class orientation,' a 'social leadership,' a 'political philosophy,' a 'political orientation,' a 'tradition,' a 'slogan,' a 'strategy,' a "tactic of struggle," and … a "hope" that wants to change the "status quo" in man, society, people, or a particular class, and establish the "desired status" in its stead.”

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Ali Shariati, in: The Islamic Quarterly, Vol. 27-29, (1983), p. 215; as quoted in: Ali Mirsepassi (2000), Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization, p. 126.