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and a positive and inviting dialectical relationship between the theological construct of Imamism and its social milieu gave precedence to the Shiite possibility. According to Jaafar al-Muhajir, the beginning of the process can be traced right after the Hasan-Muawiya treaty in 661. Rula Abisaad and Yaron Friedman argue that Banu 'Amila may have already been Shiites in the seventh century, and thus spread Shi'ism or Shi'i tendencies

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