Abstract
The end of the Forqan came very quickly after its appearance during the Islamic Revolution and, as we have already mentioned, we cannot pinpoint the exact date of its emergence. Nevertheless, despite its brief existence it was seen, at least by the heads of the revolution, as a real threat to the revolution itself. Many other revolutionary groups tried to fight the revolution and its leaders, but only the Forqan was dealt with so intensively during the period of the revolution as to be uprooted and wiped out.
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Cohen, R.A. (2015). The Termination of the Forqan Group. In: Revolution Under Attack. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137502506_6
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