Democracy and Islamic Revolution of Iran
Monarchy was the system of government before the Revolution. Democracy is the opposite of monarchy. In a monarchy the people do not have any role in government. In a democracy the people are in charge...
View ArticleElection Candidates, Money, and Power
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View ArticleU.S. Is Not Really A Pro-Democracy Country
Today in many western countries, nobody dares to question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against...
View ArticlePeople Should Not Think that our Great Imam (r.a.) Imported Elections from...
Some people should not think that our great Imam (r.a.) imported elections from western culture and then mixed it with Islamic thought and Islamic sharia. This was not the case. If elections, democracy...
View ArticleAny Form of Power and Force which Works through Deception and Oppression is...
According to Imam’s (r.a.) school of thought, any power and force which has come into being through deception and oppression is unacceptable. In the Islamic government, oppression and subjugation are...
View ArticleEuropeans Think, It Is still The 19th Century
The funny thing is that Europeans use the tone from the 19th century, when English ships would come to the Persian Gulf and speaking on the deck of their ships, English commanders would convey their...
View ArticleImam Khomeini: Islamic Revolution Is Mainly Based on the People
Imam Khomeini (r.a.) left a perpetual guideline for his Ummah – our nation – with his words and deeds. This means that the words of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) guide us in all difficult stages of life, and...
View ArticleU.S Police Brutality Will Lead to Insecurity
You should not confuse power with crossing boundaries and moving forward in an unbridled way. For example, in some countries – such as America – the police is very powerful. They show muscle-bound...
View ArticleThe Decline and Fall of the United States
By David Swanson After a speech I gave this past weekend, a young woman asked me whether a failure by the United States to properly surround and intimidate China might result in instability. I...
View ArticleAyatollah Khamenei’s Viewpoints on Developments in Egypt
According to a report published on the website of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the Works of Ayatollah Khamenei, in a meeting last year with Palestinian groups, the Supreme Leader pointed to...
View ArticleIn the Quran’s Perspective, Freedom is Truth Against Falsehood
Another point is that we can discuss freedom from four different perspectives. One is from the perspective of truth, which is based on the Holy Quran, not on Islamic jurisprudence. Later on, I will...
View ArticleLiberation of Humanity, Islam’s Eternal Message for the World
Islam emerged for the liberation of humanity- both liberation from the suppression and pressures of oppressive and dictatorial regimes which have ruled over all people and in order to form a just...
View ArticleDivine Guidance is the Criterion Not the Majority of People
One of the flaws that our society has suffered from for a long time is that we have sometimes allowed our culture to be influenced by foreign cultures. There were people in our society and our country...
View ArticleDivine Oriented Freedom of Thought
I support freedom of thought. Of course, I would tell you that freedom of thought should not be on national TV. Freedom of thought should be limited to technical discussions. For example, you can...
View ArticleFreedom as an Obligation
Another perspective on freedom is the perspective of obligations: we need to consider freedom as an obligation. We cannot admit that freedom is a good thing, but then announce that we do not want it....
View ArticleWestern Freedom of Expression
In Western paradigms there is no social justice or even real democracy. Today, you can see that in developed Western countries there is no opposition in its real sense. The political parties that are...
View ArticleFake Western Liberal Democracy
Today, America does not answer the simplest questions that public opinion in the world has. Public opinion in the world is asking the Americans, “Do you know that it has been 10, 11 months now that a...
View ArticleThe type of Democracy the U.S. wanted to Implement in Afghanistan
The enemies of the Islamic Revolution are the same people who entered the region 10, 15 years ago with the slogan of providing security. Take a look today and see where in the region security exists!...
View ArticleEven the U.S. which claims to be the “center of freedom” sets Limits for its...
I said before that untrustworthy individuals should not be allowed to show their presence in universities. They ask me, “Who are untrustworthy individuals?” Untrustworthy individuals are those who...
View ArticleMoral Failure of Arrogant Powers
They have been defeated in the arena of morality as well. Well, the current western civilization was created on the basis of respecting human principles. The entire western civilization was based on...
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