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Ruhollah Khomeini

Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (Persian: سید روح‌الله موسوی خمینی‎ [ruːhoɫˈɫɑːhe χomeiˈniː] ( listen); 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and politician. He was the founder of Iran as an Islamic republic and the leader of its 1979 Iranian Revolution that saw the overthrow of 2500 years of Persian monarchy and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.

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There is no room for play in Islam. . . It is deadly serious about everything.

Everything, Islam, Play, Room, Rooms

Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.

Country, Iran, Islamic, Perhaps, Thinkers, Warrior

In Islam, democracy is included and people are free in Islam, both in expressing their opinions and their actions, until there is no conspiracy and they don't bring up ideas which would deviate Iranian generation.

Expressing, Ideas, Included, Islam, Opinions, People

If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

Animal, Camels, Islam, Possible, Quickly

These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality.

Correct, Ideas, Iran, Iranian, Issues, Paying

Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

Evil, Satan, Snake, Snakes, Wounded

In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

Express, Future, Government, Iran, Islamic

Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i. e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].

Allow, Country, Current, Fall, Running, System

Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

Based, Democracy, Islamic, Law, Mean, Structured

The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the people or the monarch in such regimes engage in legislation, in Islam the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

Almighty, Differences, Government, Islamic, Monarchy, Power

Should one permit an infidel to continue in his role as a Corrupter of the Earth, the moral suffering of the infidel will be all the worse. Should one kill the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him.

Blessing, Role, Roles, Suffering

It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will be damaged if a fanatic like him should commit murder in the name of religion against 60 innocent people.

Crazy, Like, Man, Men, Religious

When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

Fool, Government, Islamic, Political, Realize, Studies

In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.

Islamic, Minorities, Regarded, Religious, Rights

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

Fasting, Fly, Ifs, Pull, Throat

In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.

Government, Islamic, Kind, People

After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

Become, Iran, People, President, Role

Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.

Claim, Fighting, Hundreds, Mean, Value, War

Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam. . . . We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality.

Islam, Use, Want, Against, Useful

We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

Afraid, Economic Sanctions, Islam, Military, Sanctions, Western

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