Imam Khomeini’s Approach to Political Struggle

The focus of this paper is analysis of methods used by Imam Khomeini in his struggles until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main question of this paper is: What was Imam Khomeini’s approach to violence and nonviolence in his political struggles against the Shah’s regime?

A Quranic Congress and gathering.

Place and site: Imam Khomeini's holy shrine Organizers: Ministry of educational affairs participants: students, teachers and intellectuals

The Idea of Ommah in Imam Khomeini's Political Thoughts

By studying the terminology used by Imam Khomeini, it is concluded that the concept of "nation" is a marginal one, in relation with the concept of "Ommah" In fact, Imam Khomeini has not negated nationalism with the meaning of national authority in his comments, but he has negated ethnicity and clanship and their undesirable impact as the factors of separation among Islamic Ommah.

Imam Khomeini warned against lack of faith certainty

They know the proofs for the existence of God and the reality of the Resurrection, but these very same intellectual proofs may be veils covering the heart which do not permit the light of faith to shine in.

No act of treason can be graver than their having destroyed our active manpower, or having rendered ...

Intellectuals, scholars and clerics held joint meeting to support revolution

A memoirs by Sayed Mehdi Tabataba’ei

Imam Khomeini: The clerics are not opposed to progress; they are opposed to the version of progress ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 10, P 6

Independence of the country depends upon the independence of its cultural centers