Imam insisted on performing the prayers, fasting, giving alms, Hajj and jihad are solid pillars for all the followers of various Islamic sects and divine religions to come together in unity and stand up against the polytheists’ powers.
The great Imam Khomeini’s reformist rise of the Imam and his messages are not meant only for Iranian society.
The world leader believed that man’s intuition is based on monotheism, charity, search for truth and justice and, if general awareness increases and the evil of ego and the outside Satan be harnessed and weakened, then every human society will take to God-seeking and live in environments rich in justice and peace.
Imam established a viable unprecedented comprehensive Islamic-democratic state where men can do exercise all divine practices in all arenas and snub all arrogant powers.
The founder of the Islamic Republic emphasized the infrastructural role of culture and has often said: “Culture is the origin of all happiness or misery...what builds the nations is an authentic culture.”
The great leader of the Muslim world negated and considered worthless the arts that are at the service of colonialism. He also negated “art for art’s sake.” He used to say: “In Islamic mysticism, art is a clear description of justice, honor and fairness. It is the reflect of the affliction of the hungry people, who are anathematized by power and pelf.”
In the area of education, Imam Khomeini was both a theoretical and practical master. By his educative methods, he had been able to set up, as pioneer of the great religious movement, a society whose culture and values had been until then trampled by the treachery of the Pahlavi dynasty and its affiliates. As a result, this society had become inclined towards indifference. It is said that during the 15th of Khordad 1342 Uprising, in those sorrowful conditions of social strangulation, Imam’s friends had asked him with what force did he want to rise and form the rule of justice? The Imam had pointed to the cradle of a baby. Oddly enough, 15 years later the Iranian Muslim youths were the main performers in the arenas of the uprising.
Imam Khomeini considered self-consciousness and its regular purging of all devilish and carnal desires throughout one’s life, as a prerequisite for attaining to the true perfection , and he believed that fostering or from childhood and even at fetus life, and so, he says:
“A child’s first school is its mother’s lap.” Imam Khomeini regarded teaching as the profession of the prophets and considered the guidance of the community towards Allah, as the most important occupation of teachers apart from formal sciences.
Imam Khomeini wanted the Muslims and followers of all divine religions to undertake serious efforts to practice moderation and make advances in various fields from all perspectives.