Imam Ali ibn Hussein’s Strategy in Cultural Management after Ashura

Abstract

Imam Ali ibn Husayn was living in a special period, culturally and socially speaking; a period which could be known as the revival of Jahiliyya Paradigm. Though in such a situation, Imam was simultaneously managing the cultural situation and recreating the real Islamic culture. In this way, Imam was using two strategies: exposing the cultural nature of Umayyad Caliphate and designing a cultural system. His main strategy was based on the relationship between "character and culture". Imam, by recreating of Islamic culture, affected the people in his household and then, they were able to recreate Islamic culture in the society. Now, we have decided to study this strategy here, in order to be useful for other situations and societies.

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