Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, is one of the most influential thinkers of the present era in the contemporary history of Iran.
Imam Khomeini was of the opinion that if cultural problems are addressed and man is educated properly, all other problems will be solved: “So, culture is a man-making factory. The Prophets also came for the same purpose. They came to mend the man…”
According to Imam Khomeini, a complete and man-making culture exists only within Islam, and educating of society and people is possible only through the Islamic culture.
Educating of a nation depends on whether or not that nation’s culture is a good culture. You should endeavor to make the [Iranian] culture an independent Islamic culture.”
Unity among various strata of people is another constituent of Imam Khomeini’s thought in the world of politics.
Imam Khomeini believed that unity was one of the blessings of the Islamic revolution which led to dignity of the Iranian nation and the Islamic Ummah.
He considered unity to be the secret behind the victory of the Islamic revolution.
Imam Khomeini is a multi-dimensional personality who authored numerous works in mysticism, jurisprudence, philosophy, theology and politics and in view of him being the founder and leader of an Islamic thought-based system.
Analysts maintain that Imam Khomeini is one of the greatest contemporary Muslim thinkers; he is one of the history-making men of the Islamic world.