Akhbari
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A person who follows a 17th-century Shia movement in Iraq that keeps strictly to religious texts and traditions
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akhbari
- As a member of the Akhbari, he believed in following traditional Islamic teachings without deviation.
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A new institutional development in Shi'ism in the late eighteenth century, the rise of the Usuli school and the decline of the Akhbari provided a strong organizational ideology for ulama political action, further enhancing their power and influence in society.
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The scholars debated the merits of the Akhbari approach versus the Usuli perspective on religious authority.
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The Akhbari movement emphasized strict adherence to religious texts, contrasting with the more interpretative Usuli school.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Akhbari comes from the Arabic word akhbar, meaning 'reports' or 'traditions'. It names people who follow those reports closely, which is why the Akhbari school focuses on religious texts rather than independent thinking.
