Talk:Akhbari

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Man, point 17 in this is really weird... are they really akhbari? --Striver - talk 22:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I've never heard of the terms Akhbari/Usuli before encountering them here. I couldn't find any contradiction to these claims on the internet. Any other website of this group would be good for verifying these beliefs.--Gerash77 00:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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13. Subtractions and alterations were made in Holy Quran.

14. Gaining knowledge about divinity (Marefate Noorania) of Prophet Mohammed (S.A) and His Progeny (A.S). Is compulsory

17. Salvation is only through deep love and affection for Imam Ali (A.S) and through gaining knowledge of his divinity. (Practices (aamal) are intensively demanded).

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[edit] POV

This article is written entirely from the Akhbari point of view. Can the language be toned down a bit, and references inserted from neutral works of scholarship? --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 16:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I have attempted to tone down the POV and make the lead more accessable to non-Muslims. --BoogaLouie (talk) 16:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fact checking

It was the weakness of the Safavid state that led to a backlash against Usooli thought and a revival of Akhbari thought at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The defeat of the Safavids undermined the state-centric Usoolis, who lacked their sponsors. The Safavid state was undermined primarily because of the destruction wrought by the Afghan invasion of 1722 rather than by western imperialism - in fact the Safavid's dominance of the Gulf in the seventeenth century when they evicted the Portuguese from Hormuz was achieved through an alliance with Britain. Readers and Writers (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)