بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

Imamate means leadership and Imam is attributed to someone –either righteous or vicious– whose conduct and ideas are followed by the people. The leader of the pious and the leader of the evildoer are both called Imam. Both meanings are mentioned in the Holy Quran too.

The Holy Quran states,

وَجَعَلْنا مِنْهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنا لَمّا صَبَرُوا وَكانُوا بِآياتِنا يُوقِنُونَ

“And We appointed, from among them, leaders, giving guidance under Our command, so long as they persevered with patience and continued to have faith in Our Signs.”....

Overview :

• General Meaning of Imamate and Khilafah

• ‎‎The necessity of Imamate and the Qualification of an Imam from the Shiite point of ‎view‎

• Infallibility of the Imams‎

• Sunnis views on the Caliphate

Evaluation is done based on students activities , for example : 
1- Multiple choice and /or Written quizzes at the end of each lesson. 
2- Midterm exam after 7 lessons.
3- Final Exam after 13lessons, including  Multiple choice quiz.

Number of lessons: 13lessons.