Identifying and Explaining the Obstacles to Islamic Unity, Emphasizing the Views of Scholars of Islamic Denominations

Unity is one of the most important principles and values emphasized by the Quran and the Infallible Imams. Islamic unity in the contemporary era is considered as an inevitable necessity in determining the fate of Muslims in the political, cultural and social arenas, which provides the flourishing and development of the Islamic Ummah; therefore, it deserves to be considered by the Religions and governmental elites and intellectual thinkers of the Islamic world. The jurists and scholars of the Islamic Denominations of the country also emphasized that the division between the Islamic Denominations causes the enemies of Islam to be benefitted by this division, saying that maintaining unity is more necessary in the current situation and Islamic unity in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be a model for Islamic unity in the region in order to keep the Islamic World safe from the conspiracies of the axes of evil. Due to the importance of the subject, the present article uses the exploratory-analytical method to identify and explain the obstacles to Islamic unity with an emphasis on the views of scholars of Islamic Denominations. It is worth mentioning that in order to identify the components of the research, 35 scholars of Islamic Denominations were interviewed and their views on the obstacles to Islamic unity were obtained. After extracting the key points in their views, the components were aggregated and modified and 12 components were used as the basis. These components were again presented to the research experts and then analyzed by a two-item test in SPSS software. Then, all of the components were discussed and explained.