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Ayatollah vs. Shah

CONFLICTED

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The Imams in Sheah Moslems

According to sheah islam, an imam is a successor of the prophet. They are divinely inspired and don't do anything from their own volition. So the imam has a political, religious authority over the shiah moslems. And the twelfth imam, whois a child, when his father dies, what happens to him is disputed even among shia ino. But none the less, there is this narrative among sheah moslems that he was hidden from view for security reasons. He went into hiding in a cave or a basement in samara, in a rock. One day, one day, when the shiah most need him, he will emerge

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