The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

Imam Khomeini: I am hopeful that all the victims and the oppressed ones under the banner of Islam ...

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 12, P 86

Imam Khomeini and the health of elections

Imam Khomeini adamantly opposed monarchy

Imam Khomeini believed that Iran should strive towards self-reliance. He viewed certain elements of Western culture as being inherently decadent and a corrupting influence upon the youth.

Imam Khomeini: We will neither tilt towards the West nor lean towards the East; we want to be a ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 5. P 475

The foreign minister meets with Friday prayer leaders at Imam Khomeini’s shrine

Imam's letter to the Soviet Union leader contained much wisdom and sound advice

Imam Khomeini then suggested that, if Mikhail Gorbachev desired to become more familiar with Islamic concepts, the Soviet leader should command his scholars to study the philosophical works of al-Farabi, Avicenna, Sohravardi and Mullah Sadra to become familiar with the “nature of knowledge” which is different from the “nature of matter.”

Second annual cultural week kicked off in Khomein