Imam Khomeini’s Approach to Political Struggle

The focus of this paper is analysis of methods used by Imam Khomeini in his struggles until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main question of this paper is: What was Imam Khomeini’s approach to violence and nonviolence in his political struggles against the Shah’s regime?

Faith, which is fortune of the soul, is different from knowledge, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his theological and mystical works explains that faith, which is the joy and fortune of the soul, is different from knowledge, which is the pleasure and satisfaction of the intellect.

Imam Khomeini raised honor of Islam

Mumtaz Tahir, an editor of Urdu newspaper Aftab

What is Islamic Republic Day and its significance

1st April marks the first public referendum in the history of Iranian nation

Ali Khomeini's work contains analytical discussions on jurisprudence concepts, classifications

The Idea of Ommah in Imam Khomeini's Political Thoughts

By studying the terminology used by Imam Khomeini, it is concluded that the concept of "nation" is a marginal one, in relation with the concept of "Ommah" In fact, Imam Khomeini has not negated nationalism with the meaning of national authority in his comments, but he has negated ethnicity and clanship and their undesirable impact as the factors of separation among Islamic Ommah.

Imam Khomeini maintained a balance between the intellect [‘aql] and narration [naql]

Imam Khomeini in his theological works maintained a balance between the intellect [‘aql] and narration [naql], which has been acceptable to the great Shī‘ah scholars,