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Selam love community, there is apparently a book which should have refuted the arguments of Muhammed Al Tijani. Has anyone ever read this book and can tell if these were really refutations or excuses? Wa sallam

Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh I would like to preface my brief questions by saying although I am a Sunni, I don’t take part in violent rhetoric, making takfeer, calling people names, or slandering the faith of other people, especially if those people out of sincerity ascribe themselves to the religion of Allah swt, Islam. I will not respond to hateful replies as I’m here out of sincerity to learn about Shi’ism out of my own search of knowledge and truth. That being said, I have a few brief questions. Sunni Muslims are highly discouraged from reading Shi’ite materials and trying to understand their point of view, just as Shi’ite scholars and preachers do the same. I believe a lot of misconceptions are believed to be fact due to exaggeration, and blatant lies on both sides of the tracks, followed up by the unwillingness of the students of knowledge to actually investigate such claims. During my search into at-Tashayyi’ I find the Shi’ites very proud people, however sometimes I find their best claims and arguments for the Shi’ite faith comes from analyzing history, and not the text. I don’t mean this in a bad way but it feels sometimes conspiracy theories rule over unbiased analysis of both history and the text. When two sides of history are telling completely different things about a particular event, how are we to know which side is more qualified? Those who spent their lives with the Prophet saws, or those who came after and held very partisan views, providing drastically different views? Also, I’ve noticed the Shi’ite community loves to try to prove their point using Sunni texts like the 6 books of Sunnah, especially the 2 sahih books. This doesn’t really work out well for a Sunni student because there are so many evidences in those books to both counter and make an opposite claim. My point here is we need to ask ourselves what we’re really trying to do here, where our sincerity and intentions are. If we’re here for the sake of sincerity to the religion of Allah swt, is it the best to open a book and say “gotcha!”, when we both know it’s not really the full story and sum of evidences? Sticking to the Qur'an is far more reasonable and effective I'm sure for everyone. Another claim I don’t understand is that Sunni’s “worship” Mu’awwiyah and Abu Bakr, etc. Claiming we worship them is equating major shirk to another Muslim, which is something that shouldn’t be done in passing or out of anger. If a Sunni were to see anyone raise their hands and supplicate to Abu Bakr he would be deemed a kafir, so I don’t see the point here. Even the nemesis of the Shi’a community, Ibn Taymiyyah, stated that Mu’awiyyah wasn’t a righteous person in the religion of Allah swt. Therefore I am personally offended when Shi’ites say Sunnis hate Ali, wallahi there are Sunni Muslims who read Najhul Balagha, and any Sunni can tell you someone who defames the name of the great companion Ali r.a. is a kafir, that easy. I see the argument of the Shi’a community on why Ali r.a. should have been the ruler as legitimate, logical, sincere, and following the words of the Prophet s.a.w.s in connection to the Ahul-Bayt, however Sunnis believe that from our sahih texts that Abu Bakr and Umr were extremely close to the Prophet s.a.w.s as well. and we believe Allah swt said he was pleased with them amongst other companions. My main point is, when saying “gotcha” to Sunnis on 1 hadith in Bukhari, why not read the rest and see that we have reports of Ali saying the best of the Muslims is Abu Bakr and Umr? Also, if the entire religion is taken from Ali, how do you reconcile this with the rejection of khabr ahad? I also find the concept of imaamah extremely convincing, honestly my heart is often torn because of this issue. If the Muslims had a real leader in today’s time I believe the Muslim world would be drastically different. However, I find it seriously troubling that this concept of real and palpable imaamah has been put to a halt based on the concept of the Mahdi. I can’t reconcile how the imam of the Muslims would never show his face, can’t help the Muslims when we’re in drastic, drastic need of unity and change, and can’t bring us the “complete” Qur’an, leaving the Muslims in utter blindness. In my humble opinion these would not be the traits of a good imam. If someone can clear this up may Allah reward you for it, I completely accept that I may be understanding this issue incorrectly and am humble enough to accept that insha’Allah. My last point that serves as the greatest barrier between myself and Tashayyi’ is the concept and usul of Shi’i aqeedah. Even if I understand that being on the side of Ali r.a. and the Prophet’s family s.a.w.s is the path to true Islam, I can’t accept calling on others than Allah s.w.t. When Allah s.w.t. says in Surat-ul-Jinn that the masaajid belong to Allah so do not call on anything other than Allah, I can’t grasp my head around expecting any created thing or person to help me besides Allah s.w.t. The Qur’an is so clear about the mushrikeen that called on Lat, ‘Uzza, the angels, ‘Esa a.s. , I have yet to see a convincing argument put forth on why the same action is haram for the Christians and Quraysh of Jahiliyyah, but halal for the Muslims. If my prayers to Allah swt directly have been answered in the clearest of ways, why should I accept someone’s words to call on something else? Please don’t bring up Sufi “Sunnis” because I would post the same questions to them. I mean no disrespect as I know you’re all here out of sincerity. I am sincerely interested to learn more and clear my head of misconceptions that I know I have, just like all of us. I’m even willing to talk to Shi’i students of knowledge via Skype messaging, email, or anything really. If anyone is interested in this please let me know. Please don’t try to twist my words and start a circle of hateful comments here. If I understand things wrong simply show me why, that easy. Anything I said that is wrong or hateful is from the Shaytan and anything that I do that is good and sincere is from Allah swt, barakallahu feekum.