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.

fighting illiteracy

The years of spiritual and Intellectual Formation of Imam

Imam spent too much time in conducting research and study

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini

Cultural Problems of the Muslim World and Their Solutions According to Imam Khomeini.

According to Imam Khomeini, the results indicated that the cultural problems of the Muslim world are rooted in spiritual dependence and self destruction against the West. The characteristics of an ideal society from Imam Khomeini are cultural independence, divine law authority, the transforming community to a divine human being, freedom of thought, and pondering Islamic awareness and awakening. To achieve such a society, he seeks a solution to the unity of the Muslim world and the severance of cultural ties with the West.

Imam Khomeini: Our revolution was for this very purpose. It was staged in order to revive Islamic ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 13, P 278

Human behavior from Imam Khomeini’s viewpoint

The main subjects in the first chapter are the individual features and those mean the worshiping and family ones of Imam is in mind. The second chapter examines the social-political features of Imam such as paying attention to imam's political life since he was a child until he became a leader and introducing him as the greatest savor of the participation in the positive politics.

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.