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

Role of Imam Khomeini in Formation of Shia Ideology

In the course of the Islamic Revolution, Shia Islam functioned as a guiding and emancipating ideology. In this connection, Imam Khomeini's role as the great ideologist of the Islamic Revolution is very outstanding.

Introducing Imam Khomeini’s Character and his Thought to the Tajik Youth

A Tajik scholar has gathered Imam Khomeini’s political and cultural thoughts in a book in Cyrillic.

Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary General:

Imam Khomeini's Verdict Regarding the Satanic Verses Was a Deterrent to Sacrilege

Hezbollah Secretary General in his speech considered defending the Prophet of Islam as defending all the sacred matters, prophets and divine religions and stated: "To create sedition among Muslims and Christians in the world is the main goal for repeating these sacrileges and right now the Christians are used by the enemies."

Why Imam Khomeini Was Attracted to Mulla Sadra's Philosophy

Imam Khomeini & Mulla Sadra

Muhammadzadeh mentioning that Imam Khomeini was among those who believed in philosophical thought and the values related to rationality in Iran, said: "From his youth, Imam had studied philosophy at the classes of great professors such as the late Sayyid Abulhassan Rafie Qazwini and the late Ayatollah Shahabadi and he had also taught a number of students in this field, including the late Sayyid Jalaluddin Ashtiani and Sheikh Mahdi Haeri Yazi."

An Analysis on the Supreme Leader's Inaugural Speech Regarding the Foreign Policy at the 16th NAM ...

Imam Khomeini's foreign policy through his movement was not only aligned with the rightful request of independence of the NAM members but was even more seriously seeking for a global unity. The inaugural speeches of the Iranian Supreme Leader regarding the foreign policy according to Imam Khomeini's strategies shed the light on the pathat the 16th NAM summit as we try to analyze its dimensions in this article.

The International Congress of Imam Khomeini & Determining the Islamic Revolution