What Was the Core Message of the Freedom Movement's Ideologue

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Multiple Choice

What was the core message of the Freedom Movement's ideologue Ali Shari'ati?

• A) It was through Marxist teachings-and not Islam-that Iranians could overcome the shah's oppressive regime and make a better Iran
• B) Shi'ism was an activist faith that required its adherents to oppose injustice and to assert their cultural heritage in the face of Western models of development
• C) The religious scholasticism provided by the ulama would be the saving grace of a state previously enamored with the West
• D) Iran must not look to the United States, but to France for its political model

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