Imam and Governance

A Gathering Discussing Imam Khomeini’s Jurisprudential School of Thought

The Imam’s opinion and views on governance and the difference between a fagih’s ruling and a governmental ruling are of great importance in jurisprudential governance. The Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought discusses the matter of governance, politics and power at length. Hujjat al-Islam Sa’eed Ziya’ei Fard, who is a howza intellectual and researcher, talked about the Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought at the gathering discussing Imam Khomeini’s jurisprudential school of thought.

Sayyid Hassan Khomeini:

''The Nature of Islamic Awakening is Moral Awakening''

We have great days in front of us and we have also passed great days. This year, was an extraordinary year in the recent decades of the Islamic world, which the spiritual awakening is one of the most important faces of it.”

The Imam’s foreign admirers

The people and heads of several countries visited sites related to the Imam

The heads, intellectuals, and people of the countries of Tunisia, Komor, Lebanon and Turkey visit the places related to Imam, such as the Imam’s house, shrine, Husseiniah Jamaran and Negarestan-e- Imam.

A cultural-literary Festival is held

The Fifth Yar and Yadegar Festival

Hamid Honarjo, who is the head of the fifth literary Yar and Yadegar Festival, talked of the new approach portrayed in this festival, which will focus on the social and behavioral aspects of Imam Khomeini’s characteristics. The Imam Khomeini Portal and bloggers were invited to participate and help in this festival. In addition ‘The Institute of Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s Works’ played an active role in organizing this festival.

Imam Khomeini’s views on Gnosticism

Birjand University holds a conference on Gnosticism

A conference will be held on the 19th of December at Birjand University. The Medical Sciences Department and the Literature Department will be hosting this event, where Imam Khomeini’s views on spirituality and the Mystic literature seen in his works, will be discussed.

A local conference held in Gilan

The ‘Imam Khomeini’s views’ conference

Hujjat Allah Taqavi announced that a conference would be held on the 17th of December in Gilan. Taqavi is the head of this cultural and research conference, which is to do with the social, political and cultural views of Imam Khomeini.

Muharram

Muharram and Ashura

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as), the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (saw) and the third Imam and leader of the Shi'a. Imam Hussein's (as) martyrdom is a sad day for all Muslims especially the Shi'a, who mourn the massacre of their "Master of Martyrs" and his family in Karbala in 61AH/680CE.

Protesting the Capitulation and inviting the people and `ulama' to uprising

The leader of the Iranian revolution issued a statement, which showed his opposition to the Capitulation Bill in 1964. This statement lead to the removal and nullification of this bill . Excerpts of this message is as follows: Now the American military and non-military advisers, their families and their servants are free to commit any crime and the Iranian police do not have the right to arrest them. The Iranian courts are not qualified to judge over them; Why? Because America is the country of dollars and Iran needs those dollars! According to this shameful enactment, if an American adviser or the servant of an American adviser insults or offends against one of the maraji` at-taqlid of Iran, one of the esteemed people, one of the high-ranking officers, the police are not allowed to arrest him; the courts are not allowed to judge him. But if their dogs are offended, the police have to interfere and the court should investigate!