Politics of Despotic Leaders
«Hafizullah Emadi, a recognized authority on the Ismaili sect of Islam, has produced an extensively researched report on the community in Afghanistan whose leaders ("Pirs") deployed their sacred authority to build a cult of personality and dominate the social affairs of their followers. They became ever more dictatorial after the 1970s, ruling until their authority was abolished in 2002 by the pre...
«Hafizullah Emadi, a recognized authority on the Ismaili sect of Islam, has produced an extensively researched report on the community in Afghanistan whose leaders ("Pirs") deployed their sacred authority to build a cult of personality and dominate the social affairs of their followers. They became ever more dictatorial after the 1970s, ruling until their authority was abolished in 2002 by the pre...
