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Imam Ali is considered as the embodiment of justice among statespersons while the freedom that his enemies and opponents enjoyed *Ali Akbar Alikhani is at Jahad-e Daneshgahi Humanities and Social Science Research Center and a research fellow at the Center for Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies.
Inother words, it attempts to explore into the extent and framework of the freedom enjoyed by Imam Ali's enemies and opponents while he was in power and that how this freedom fitted in the context of his principles of justice.
l In other words,Imam Ali stated openly that such strategies and recognizing the political freedoms of the opponents is exactly based on justice and that he would not break his vow with God and the principle of rule based on justice merely for the transient affairs and interests of this world.
<3 Itis all too clear then that Imam Ali considered it against the principles of justice to restrict his political opponents' freedom before they had committed any criminal act.
< Altogether, the political freedom of Imam Ali's opponents is based upon three major reasons which arise from the principles of justice.
However, as discussed above, as soon as the enemies set out to massacre innocent people and rage violence, Imam Ali not only restricted their freedom but waged war against them and this was based on the principles of justice.