Leftist analysts of Iran ignored religious opposition before the revolution.
Evidence
This is especially true of Fred Halliday, Iran: Dictatorship and Development (New York: Penguin Books, 1979), which is nevertheless one of the two or three best studies of Iran done since World War II. Maxime Rodinson, in Marxism and the Muslim World, has nearly nothing to say about the Muslim religious opposition. Only Algar (note 14 above) seems to have been right on this point — a remarkable achievement. — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 387
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the general blindness the chapter documents in analysts across the political spectrum about the Shah’s fall.