Imamete adn imams in the thought of Ali Shariati

Ali Shariati (1933-1977) is a sociologist, activist and an important thinker of Iranian origin in terms of today's History of Islamic Sects. Shariati concentrated his studies especially on Sociology and History of Religions. His ideas have been very influential on Islamic circles in other Islamic countries such as Iran and Turkey. Today, Iran is the center of Imamiyya Shia and is also the official sect of Iran. It is the center of Imamiyya Shia. For this reason, he is quite closed in terms of criticism directed at him. For this reason, oppositionists may be subject to arrest and death when they express their opinions. Although Shariati came from an Iranian Shiite family, he criticized Iran-based Imamiyya Shiites harshly. That's why he was accused of being a Sunnist. As a result, he was first exiled and then imprisoned. He was found dead in his room in England in 1977. It is believed that he was assassinated by Savak, the Iranian intelligence agency. His ideas have also attracted attention outside Iran. Therefore, his ideas are also important for contemporary Islamic movements. Shariati developed a different perspective on the understanding of Shia Imamate. In our study, although Shariati's perspective on the Imamate and imams is discussed, we also tried to touch upon other religious issues related to this subject. Shariati, in order to understand the social and communal issues that Iran was involved in during the period he lived, it is necessary to know the Imamiyya Shariati Imamiyya Shia well from a historical perspective. Therefore, we tried to touch upon the Imamiyya Shia in general terms. He named the Imamiyya Shia as Safavid Shia and Ali Shia. He named his own understanding of Shia as Ali Shia, which he accepted as the real Shia. In our study, we tried to make the names in this way and examine the subjects in a comparative way. When we looked at the theses written about Shariati, we saw that theses were written that addressed the search for an opening towards Shiism and the perspective on Shiism. Since we did not come across a thesis on the Imamate and Imams, we concentrated our study on this subject