Ayatollah Khomeini and the foundation of legitimacy of power and government

• Main Authors: Goudarzi, Masoumeh Rad, Jawan, Jayum, Ahmad, Zaid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17326/1/Ayatollah%20Khomeini%20and%20the%20Foundation%20of%20Legitimacy%20of%20Power%20and%20Government.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17326/; http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/j.css.1923669720090506.011

Ayatollah Khomeini, in contrary with pre-dominant trend of thought in Shi’a, announced establishment of Islamic government in the occultation era necessary and an obligation for jurists. He with invoke to a set of transmitting and intellectual reasons tried to justify his theory of “Governance of th...