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- Khomeini’s transition from quietism to constitutionalism was prompted by the fear of secularism undermining the traditional role of the ulema in society.
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Jun 5, 2014 · Khomeini’s transition from quietism to constitutionalism was prompted by the fear of secularism undermining the traditional role of the ulema in society. During this period, as long as the shariah was enforced, the form of government was of little concern to Khomeini.
- Mojtaba Mahdavi
- 2014
Khomeini’s transition from quietism to constitutionalism was prompted by the fear of secularism undermining the traditional role of the ‘ulema’ in society. As a political activist Khomeini’s first public statement came in a book published in 1945.
Sep 20, 2013 · Khomeini’s transition from quietism to constitutionalism was prompted by the fear of secularism undermining the traditional role of the ulama in society. As a political activist, Khomeini’s first public statement came in a book published in 1941.
- Mojtaba Mahdavi
Jan 1, 2012 · Khomeini's transition from quietism to constitutionalism was prompted by the fear of secularism undermining the traditional role of the ulema in society. During this...
- Mojtaba Mahdavi
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.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini based his conception of revolution on a return to core Islamic values and the restoration of Islamic rule of law in Iran, placing him and the politically conscious ulema (religious scholars) in direct opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Pahlavi monarchy.
Khomeini’s constitutionalism is based upon tenets of the Usuli legal tradition, which says that Islamic law is underwritten by principles from which can be deduced new law, law that is human and contestable.
