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- His theory of velayat-e faqih (“guardianship of the jurist”) was a point of departure from constitutionalism to radicalism. According to the radical and revolutionary Khomeini, the institution of monarchy was illegitimate, and only an Islamic government bore the right to rule a Muslim population.
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini [b] (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 [a] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.
Khomeinism (also transliterated Khumaynism) refers to the religious and political ideas of the leader of the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini. In addition, Khomeinism may also refer to the ideology of the clerical class which has ruled the Islamic Republic of Iran, founded by Khomeini.
Jun 5, 2014 · His theory of velayat-e faqih (“guardianship of the jurist”) was a point of departure from constitutionalism to radicalism. According to the radical and revolutionary Khomeini, the institution of monarchy was illegitimate, and only an Islamic government bore the right to rule a Muslim population.
- Mojtaba Mahdavi
- 2014
Feb 3, 2014 · 3 Feb 2014. Khomeini emerged as the dominating political figure in post-revolution Iran [Reuters] Exactly 35 years ago, I had the experience of a lengthy meeting with Ayatollah Ruhollah...
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam brings together distinguished and emerging scholars in this comprehensive volume, which covers all aspects of Khomeini's life and critically examines Khomeini the politician, the philosopher, and the spiritual leader, while considering his legacy in Iran and further afield in other parts of the Islamic world and the West.
u. v. w. x. y. z. Ayatollah Khomeini (1900-1989), Shiite Muslim and Iranian revolutionary leader. © Khomeini was an Iranian religious and political leader, who in 1979 made Iran the world's...
Jun 5, 2014 · For more than a decade after the revolution of 1979, Khomeini politically operationalized his conceptions of the West; using it to fend off enemies near and far, real and imagined, as they encroached on and sought to undermine his revolutionary project.
