The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

Imam Khomeini defined genuine political facet

Imam Khomeini highlighted spiritual and material dimensions

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic highlighted through his theological works that there are two sides and dimensions to mankind; the spiritual side and the material side.