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.

Religious issues must be presented in practical manner: Dr. Komsari

Dr. Ali Komsari, the head of the institute for compilation and publication for Imam Khomeini’s works has stressed the need for religious issues to be presented in a technical and practical way.

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.

Divine savior is assigned to set right all previous deviations, Imam Khomeini explained

Highlighting the significance of mid-Sh’aban which marks birth anniversary of Imam Mahdi (PBUH), the late founder of the Islamic Republic through a series of historic messages said the divine savior is assigned to set right all these perversions and deviations.

Special link between Imam Hussain (A.S) and Imam Mahdi (A.J)

Devotion for Imam Hossein is criterion and true sign for our deep faith in God, Dr. Ali Komsari

The head of the institute for compilation and publication of Imam Khomeini’s institute says that deep love and devotion for Imam Hossein (PBUH) has been a criterion for our faith which has been defined by the holy prophet himself.

Imam Khomeini: The day when the Pāsdārs are separated from army and army is separated from the ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam, Vol 15, Page 232

Islamic Revolution closely linked with Imam Hussein’s school of thought