Ways of infiltrating Kharijite political-cultural ideas into North Africa

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D Student of History Department, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of History Department, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.. (Responsible author)

3 Assistant Professor of History Department, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The Kharijites were the most important political-military opponents of the Umayyads, but despite their high military capability and good governing ideology, they could not find their place in the eastern lands of the Caliphate. The barbarians succeeded in gaining popularity among a significant section of the North African barbarians and disseminating their ideas. The results of this study, which is a descriptive way to answer the question of what were the ways of influencing Kharijite ideas politically and culturally in North Africa and the development of foreign thought in this region, show that Kharijites use the slogan of justice and equality that Their main principle and distinction was with other political groups of that time, as well as the use of cultural tools such as the Arabic language, organizations called "Al-Azaba" and the theories of their perpetrators and cultural claimants, as well as political methods such as invitations and active invitation centers in major cities. Use covert networks to promote their ideas and thus influence and attract fans in North Africa. In addition, taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of the original inhabitants of these areas due to the oppression of the Umayyad governors, was effective in facilitating the success of the Kharijites in their influence in North Africa.

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 10
December 2022
Pages 1408-1426

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