“Analysis and Recognition of the Political, Social, and Religious Influences of Anti-Approximate Thoughts of Shiite Scholars toward Sunni Scholars in the Safavid Period on the Iranian Society”

Political, social, and religious influences of the “anti-approximate” of Shi’a scholars with Sunni scholars during the Safavid period had an adverse effect on the Iranian society around the divergence of anti-approximate axis. Reviewing this issue is essential in order to face the challenges of the modern world. This dissertation was conducted using a descriptive-analytic method with the focus of the framework of the sociology of order. The main question is what are the political, social, and religious influences of the anti-approximate thoughts of the Shiite scholars with the scholars of the Safavid period on the Iranian society?  To understand these effects, the model and theoretical framework of Alster were used in four levels of “identity”, “goal”, “cohesion” and “adaptation” that move along this path to order, normality, step by step, unity and mercy toward each other in societies, disorder, disorientation, confrontation, confrontation and hostility will be the four problems of approximation.  Accordingly, the findings indicated that the political influences of anti-Semitism led to the Ottoman Safavid conflict, the Sunni enmities (the breaking of the norm), the rise of Sunni against the Safavid, and … in the area of ​​social impacts led to the disintegration of cultural ties, the strengthening of Ghulat, and in the area of ​​religious influence led to the issuance of takfir, the spread of sins and curses, and religious inconsistencies (irregularities), and so on.