Democracy and Religion: Iranian Islamic Republic Experience

The Islamic republic in Iran introduced a new political model named “religious democracy” which is of great importance for those who try to harmonize religion with modern institutions...

Ayatollah Khomeini’s Discourse as ‘Final Vocabulary’

By using ‘thin’ and ‘thick’ words purely derived from Islamic metaphors and signifiers, Ayatollah Khomeini castigates the West’s claim to meta-narrative and pretension to universality

Bangladeshi Journalist:

Both Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei Have Provided a Unique Leadership

A prominent Bangladeshi journalist says leadership qualities of late Imam Khomeini and the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are unique and unprecedented.

The Second International Congress of Imam Khomeini & the Revival of Religious Beliefs

The International Congress of Imam Khomeini & the Revival of Religious Beliefs

Understating the Imam’s views

Sheikh Na’eem’s book regarding Imam Khomeini had been published

Hujjat al-Islam wa a-Muslimeen Sheikh Na’eem, who is the deputy head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has composed and published a book entitled Al-Imam al-Khomeini al-Isala wa al-Tajdid. This book explains the views of the Imam on a serious of different topics

Imam and Governance

A Gathering Discussing Imam Khomeini’s Jurisprudential School of Thought

The Imam’s opinion and views on governance and the difference between a fagih’s ruling and a governmental ruling are of great importance in jurisprudential governance. The Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought discusses the matter of governance, politics and power at length. Hujjat al-Islam Sa’eed Ziya’ei Fard, who is a howza intellectual and researcher, talked about the Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought at the gathering discussing Imam Khomeini’s jurisprudential school of thought.

The auspicious feast of Ghadeer Khumm

Wilayah and government, message of Ghadeer

The issue of Ghadir is not an event befallen the Imam. In fact, Ghadir is something the Imam created. This noble personality and fountainhead of sound human qualities prompted the Ghadeer to take place. Ghadeer has no value for the Imam. That which is valuable is the Imam himself. It has been known to Almighty God that after the Messenger of Allah there is no one among men who could implement justice in a pleasing and efficient manner. He commissioned the Messenger of Allah to appoint this person who had the power to implement justice in its true sense in the society and have a divine government.