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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Background of the Study | |
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| Objectives and Methodology | |
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| The Politicisation of the Lebanese Shi'ites and Subsequent Rise of Hizbu'llah | |
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| Political Accommodation and Violence in Non-Islamic States | |
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| The Oppressors versus the Oppressed | |
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| Justifications for Political Violence and Accommodation in Relation to State Oppression | |
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| Political Accommodation with the Lebanese state | |
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| The Islamic State and Democracy | |
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| The Islamic State Ideal | |
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| The Endorsement of Democracy | |
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| The Concept of the Guardianship of the Jurisprudent | |
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| The Origins of the Concept of the Wilayat al-Faqih | |
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| Khumayni's Conceptualisation of the Wilayat al-Faqih | |
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| The Role of the Wilayat al-Faqih in the Political Thought of Hizbu'llah | |
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| Islamic Universalism and National Identity | |
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| The Pan-Islamic Concept of Hizbu'llah | |
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| The Universalism of the Wilayat al-Faqih and the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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| The Pan-Islamic Dimension of the Palestinian Cause | |
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| Solidarity with the Muslim Umma | |
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| The Primacy of Islamic Identity | |
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| National Identity and Nationalism | |
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| The Struggle with the West | |
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| The origins of Hizbu'llah's Anti-Westernism | |
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| The Western Conspiracy Against Islam | |
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| The Double Standards of the West | |
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| Views on Political Violence as a Means of Confronting the West | |
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| The Rejection of Western Culture | |
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| The Struggle with the West as a Civilisational Dispute | |
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| The Resistance to the Israeli Occupation of South Lebanon | |
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| The Resistance Priority | |
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| The Logic of Resistance | |
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| The Resistance to Israel as a Defensive Jihad and as the Fulfilment of the Religious Legal Obligation | |
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| The Centrality of the Notion of Martyrdom | |
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| Anti-Zionism and Israel | |
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| The Excoriation of Israeli State and Society | |
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| The Zionist Essence of Israeli State and Society | |
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| Existential Dimensions of the Struggle with Israel | |
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| Anti-Judaism | |
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| The Identification of Zionism with Judaism | |
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| Anti-Zionism versus Anti-Judaism | |
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| The Islamic Roots of Hizbu'llah's Anti-Judaism | |
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| Judaism as a 'Deviation' from the Revelation of Moses | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Miladi Equivalents to Hijri Years | |
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| List of Hijri Months | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |