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?

Imam opened doors of sciences and new horizons for seminaries

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini

Leader lauds loyalty of Iranian workers to country, insists on their job security

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei praises the Iranian labor community to the Islamic Republic, saying the country's labor force has thwarted enemy efforts to cash in on their legitimate grievances, calling for all-out efforts to root out unemployment and improve the conditions of workers.

Imam Khomeini: all the women and the men ought to involve themselves in the social and political ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 13, P 167-168

you are cordially invited to attend to social interaction of political leaders.

An investigative research about the relationship of foreign people and groups with Imam Khomeini.

Author or winter: Marzieh Ziarati University: Central Tehran branch of Islamic Azad University

World is a path to be followed to reach the destinations, Imam Khomeini highlighted

According to Imam Khomeini, the whole world is not the ultimate goal before the Prophets. Rather, it is a path to be followed to reach the destinations which is the high grade of humanity. If a creature reached that high human grade, one will achieve a happiness which is not limited just to this world. The ultimate goal is the world behind this one.

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.