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Title: Little misleading
Review: Coming from a guy who's been researching the Shi'i context of Islam, this book is a little misleading, no offense to Heinz Halm. The misleading part of this book stems off from the stereotypical Orientalist view of Shiism. I read this book about four years back and I remember when I started reading into different schools of Islamic thought, what I realized was that its sources were mainly ripped off from Pro Sunnite scholarship, claiming Shiism to be a politically inflamed creed, based upon revolution and rebellion( which is true to some extent), what it fails to introduce is real resources from Shiite scholarly works from Al kulayni to Majilisi, Tusi etc.. and the philosophical nature of the theological stance on Imamate. It neglects to give Shiism a say from a Shiites scholars point of view. For anybody interested in learning about Shi'ism at its roots, this is not a great book to look at.
