A Study of the Impact of Imam Khomeini’s Islamic Political Discourse on Illumination of the Islamic Ummah (Article)

The title is a Persian article by Alireza Zargar in “Pazhuheshnameh Matin”, Spring 2018, Volume 20, Number 78; Page(s) 33 To 52. The following has been extracted from its abstract.

Introduction

The background and objective of Islamic revivalism began with the efforts of great thinkers such as Seyed Jamaluddin Asadabadi in the era of the intellectual, cultural and political hegemony of colonial powers in the Islamic world, but declined to create a new plan.

Imam Khomeini and Islamic revivalism

Imam Khomeini was the first thinker to turn Islamic revivalism into political discourse and behavior and through his intellectual leadership turned the Islamic uprising against the hegemonic system and dictators into the political will of the Muslims, the oppressed and the liberation movements of the world.

Imam Khomeini and Muslim Ummah

The hypothesis of this research is that Imam’s political discourse is effective in the illumination and awareness of the Muslim Ummah. A documentary research method was employed and the necessary data were collected from books, articles, and other sources.

Findings

The findings of the research indicate that the ideas of Imam Khomeini are the greatest doctrine for the popular uprisings of the world of Islam. Imam’s role was to combine the idea of liberation with a collective will, whose outcome was the creation of hegemonic discourse of awakening the Muslim nations. The Imam’s strategies in this regard were the revival of political Islam, rejection of unpopular and West-oriented regimes, protection of inseparability of religion and politics, rejection of domination and Zionism, the introduction of international Day of Quds and Muslim unity.