Features of Islamic Solidarity and Unity in Imam Khomeini's Political Thought
The title is an article by Mohammad Hossein Jamshidi and Iran Ibrahim Nejad published in “Pazuheshname-Ye Enghelabe Eslami”, Spring 2012 , Volume 1 , Number 2; Page(s) 161 To 186.. The following is an excerpt of its abstract.[1]
Question of the article
Our question in this paper is: What is the ontological and value features of solidarity and unity that Imam Khomeini considers them as divine obligation a sacred and rational and religious necessity?
The hypothesis
Our basic hypothesis in this study is that in Imam Khomeini's vision, the concept of unity is the whole unit that is formed of coordinated characteristics and features. In Imam Khomeini's vision, the most important of these characteristics and features are: holding fast to divine rope, belief in public Interests, belief to religious school, collective solidarity as social capital, prosperity, believe in the political system.
Findings
On this basis, value features of Islamic unity as a social capital, make a discourse, that belief in and practice of it separates the Quranic Ummah from other human communities. In this viewpoint, Islamic unity is based on the two wings: the firm and conscious belief and spirituality and the concept a belief and practical process starts from believe in God and will continue up to establish a political system and the Medina and bring people happiness.