Religion and Democracy in Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei’s Thoughts" has thoroughly been ...

The present paper will explain the religious democracy in the ideologies of leaders of the Islamic republic of Iran (Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei), with in three theoretical, principles and components of religious democracy. In the thoughts of Imam Khomeini and ayatollah Khamenei there is a firm link between religion and politics, and democracy originates from religion.

Imam Khomeini presided over final stages of Islamic revolution

In the beginning of 1979, conditions had now seemed appropriate for Imam Khomeini to return to Iran and preside over the final stages of the revolution

On 16 January 1979, Shah had fled Iran

On 16 January 1979, the Shah had fled Iran by leaving his duties to a Shapour Bakhtiar. Imam Khomeini returned to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians.

The stage of contemplation and ponderance

Imam Khomeini ’s role was also central in shaping the new political order that emerged from the ...

One of the unique features of Imam Khomeini has been combination of mysticism

Researchers maintain that one of the unique features of Imam Khomeini has been the combination of mysticism and politics and it’s been used in his daily life and his political decisions.

The chain of events that ended in February 1979 with the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime

Imam Khomeini advised believers absolute purification from the impurity

According to Imam Khomeini, absolute purification from the impurity of polytheism and obtaining perfect authenticity (ikhlas) of devotion is essentially a primary