Manifesto by Ayatollah Khomeini for a theocratic Islamic state
For other uses, see Islamic state.
Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist
Author
Ruhollah Khomeini; translated by Hamid Algar
Country
Iran and United Kingdom
Language
Translated into English
Subject
Islam and state
Publisher
Manor Books, Mizan Press, Alhoda UK
Publication date
1970, 1979, 1982, 2002[1]
Pages
139 pages
ISBN
964-335-499-7
OCLC
254905140
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Islamic Government (Persian: حکومت اسلامی, romanized: Ḥokūmat-i Eslāmī),[2] or Islamic Government: Jurist's Guardianship (Persian: حکومت اسلامی ولایت فقیه, romanized: Ḥokūmat-i Eslāmī Wilāyat-i Faqīh)[3] is a book by the Iranian Shi'i Muslim cleric/jurist, and revolutionary, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. First published in 1970, it is perhaps the most influential document written in modern times in support of theocratic rule.
The book argues that government should/must be run in accordance with traditional Islamic law (sharia), and for this to happen a leading Islamic jurist (faqīh) must provide political "guardianship" (wilayat in Arabic, velāyat in Persian) over the people and nation. Following the Iranian Revolution, a modified form of this doctrine was incorporated into the 1979 Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran;[4] drafted by an assembly made up primarily by disciples of Khomeini, it stipulated he would be the first faqih "guardian" (Vali-ye faqih) or "Supreme Leader" of Iran.[5]
^Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist
^Cite error: The named reference IaR1981:25 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Abrahamian, Khomeinism, 1993: p.11
^Iranian Government Constitution, English Text Archived 2013-08-19 at the Wayback Machine| iranonline.com
^Abrahamian, Khomeinism, 1993: p.33
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