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

A Postmodernist Reading

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.

Resistance Against Oppression

The Blessed Virgin Mary in Imam Khomeini's Words

Here, we mention some of Imam Khomeini's quotations about Saint Mary.

Imam Khomeini, the Revivalist of Ashura Culture

Imam Khomeini’s movement which had started on the evening of Ashura in 1342 AHS reached its highest point at the month of Muharram in 1358 AHS. Imam’s historical massage for the Islamic revolution manifested itself in the slogan of “the blood’s triumph over the sword.”

Imam Hussein in Mahatma Gandhi's Words

The progress of Islam does not depend on the use of sword...