Emamat Pajouhi

Emamat Pajouhi

Deviant Thought among Certain Contemporary Historians: A Trend Analysis of the Weakening and Distortion of Imami History

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Seyed Hossein khademian Nous abady
PhD in Islamic History and PhD in Contemporary Jurisprudence at Al-Mustafa University (Qom)
10.22034/jep.2026.534791.1670
Abstract
Islamic history articulates Islam's events and realities across its various domains. From the Saqifa to the present, some who distanced themselves from the Thaqalayn and sought to vindicate the usurpers of the caliphate have distorted Islamic history and desacralized the Infallibles (A.S.). Their historiographical deviation has thus developed into a trend that warrants warning and criticism.
Using library research, analytical method, and a critical approach, this study identifies, from available evidence, features and examples of this deviant current in works of certain contemporary historians: inversion of Islamic history, departure from the doctrines and teachings of the Imami school, and construction of a Wahhabi-secular-centered history. It explains how this current penetrates scholarly discourse under the guise of methodological rigor. Close examination of some published works reveals its presence; some writers, having entered historical-research centers and sheltered behind their institutional titles, employ the velvet glove of slogans such as eliminating superstition, opposing exaggeration, and rejecting weak reports over the claw of Wahhabi-secular historiography. Their works rewrite Islamic history against Imami doctrines and teachings. Exposing this trajectory and informing readers about its works are therefore necessary to prevent its consequences.
Keywords
Islamic history
deviant trend
secularism
Wahhabism
Yusufi Gharawi
Jafarian
Safari Forushani
Pakatchi
Dadashnejad
Sadeqi Kashani
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