The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

The Impact of Imam Khomeini`s Mystical Thought on his Social Life Style.

Imam explains about ignorance and absence of knowledge

Imam Khomeini explains through his theological works that one of kind of kibr signifies the extreme of ignorance and the absence of knowledge about one’s limits and the majesty of the Necessary Being. As to the kibr towards the prophets and awliya’ of God, it was an attitude, which was more prevalent during their own days.

Imam Khomeini: Link yourself to the unfathomable ocean of divinity. Connect your hearts to the ...

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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?

Imam Khomeini shed light on various kinds and degrees of Kibr

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that as to the kibr towards God, it is the most abominable, the most destructive.

Religious Democracy in Iran: Discursive Analysis of Imam Khomeini’s Political Thought

In the present article, the discourse formation of religious democracy is presented with a brief look at its concept. In accordance with the author, religious democracy is a conception of democracy that recognizes the collective power and people’s participation as the essence of democracy, and also justifies, analyzes, and explains that referring to religion and its principles.

Forces of passion are implanted in human nature, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, Similarly, the forces of passion are implanted in human nature in such a way that even if he is made an absolute monarch of a state