The Orientalists and the Event of Ghadir Khum

The event of Ghadir khum has is exceptional aspects and importance. The orientalists have lad their speiral attitude toward it. A study of the orientalist's approaches toward the Shia thoughts, in general, and the Ghadir khum event, in particular, reveals that they have not been able to study the original texts and main literature of Shia community, and have not recognized their essential points and principles. Most of the literature and books studied by the orientalists, have been from non-Shia, or onti-Shia sources, if we add the Western Chistian-Jewish attitude and culture of the orientalists, then we can assume that they have had distorted reports from the Ghadir khum event.M.I Shaban, the instructor of london university, in the Arabic literature field, in a recent paper about Ghadir khum has provided new causres for overlooking this important occasion, which are discussed, in detail, in this article.