Imam Khomeini: The man who changed my world and of many others

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The story of delivering Imam Khomeini’s letter to Gorbachev

Imam Khomeini proves imperialism can be successfully resisted: Dr. Kevin Barrett

Kevin Barrett, author, activist and journalist from US

Cultural Problems of the Muslim World and Their Solutions According to Imam Khomeini.

According to Imam Khomeini, the results indicated that the cultural problems of the Muslim world are rooted in spiritual dependence and self destruction against the West. The characteristics of an ideal society from Imam Khomeini are cultural independence, divine law authority, the transforming community to a divine human being, freedom of thought, and pondering Islamic awareness and awakening. To achieve such a society, he seeks a solution to the unity of the Muslim world and the severance of cultural ties with the West.

Imam Khomeini invited Gorbachev to embrace Islam in 1989 letter

Two years before the fall of the Soviet Union, its leader Mikhail Gorbachev would receive a letter from the Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, inviting him to embrace Islam. In the letter Imam said that your main problem is the prolonged and futile war you have waged against God, the source of existence and creation.

A major benefit brought by Imam Khomeini was his familiarizing people with concept of resistance: ...

As Ayatollah Khamenei stressed, the nature of the Islamic Republic is against oppression. The Supreme Leader went on to say that the enemy has counted on public protests in order to put people against the Islamic Republic; and surely the enemy’s forecast is wrong like its many other ones.

The Necessity of Islamic Government in Modern Day from Imam Khomeini’s perspective Kobra Lashkari.

In Imam Khomeini’s opinion, if a person is the most knowledgeable in Religion Science, but fails to recognize the expedient of society or generally lacks in insight the social and political context and in decision making power, this person is not Mujtahid in social and governance issues and cannot take the reigns of the community.