consequences of “infiltration” in religious state (a glance at the formation ofthe islamic state in medina)

“infiltration” terminologically means penetration and technically refers to creeping and silentpenetration in the social and political elements of a state and a secret attempt to overthrow, control orchange it. the phenomenon of infiltration is always considered as one of the threats against a religiousstate. the islamic state, from the beginning of its formation in medina until now, has been constantlyconfronted with such a political and cultural threat. in the verses of the holy qur’an, whether in the formof hypocrisy or otherwise, this danger and political-cultural threat has been mentioned. there are manymotives behind infiltration, including: changing the foundations of power, impacting the government,power-seeking and espionage acting. layers of infiltration also are diversity and multiplicity; a look atthe early islam era shows that different layers of belief, culture, politics and economics existed among thelevels of infiltration of the enemies and opponents of the islamic state. depending on the layers ofinfiltration, its methods have been different: “friendship plans”, “hypocrisy”, “espionage” and “horrificpropaganda” are among the methods of infiltration. infiltration, like any other threat, has unintendedconsequences. the present paper aims to examine and analyze the consequences of the enemies’infiltration in the civil era of the islamic state.