ISLAMIC REVOLUTION STUDIES
Year:2018 | Volume:15 | Issue:53 |Papers Count:11

Analysts of the Islamic Revolution have presented many analyses based on different theories and approaches. Meanwhile, some have used Max Weber`s theory of charismatic authority and, on this basis have viewed Imam Khomeini as a charismatic leader. The present study, aiming at a typology of all types of presented analyses of the Islamic Revolution on the basis of Weber's theory of charisma; it seeks to answer the question: how many types of charismatic analyses have been used to study Islamic revolution? During the study, the presented charismatic analyses of the Islamic Revolution have been studied typologically, on the basis of centered figures in the types, and explained in three groups of adaptation, restoration, and criticism. This research has been carried out with a synthetic, descriptiveanalytical method.

The Islamic Revolution with a religious identity, being based on international goals and plans, conveyed the idea of issuing the message of the Islamic Revolution from the very beginning of the revolution. One example of issuing the Islamic Revolution is the Shiites of India which, despite having a scientific and cultural background, do not have a decent place in the political and social system of India today. This article seeks to answer the question: what may be counted as the components influenced by the Islamic Revolution on Indian Shiites and, in some cases, the failures of these components? To answer this question, based on components of diffusion theory as a theoretical framework, the most important causes of the Iranian revolution's influence on Indian Shiites have been studied in the history of political and cultural relations and the political and cultural similarities of the Shiites of India with those of Iran. The most important barriers against IRI`s influence include the socio-cultural outlook of the seminary, the weakness of selfconfidence, the superficiality of the religious personality and lack of religious leadership. Finally, the strategies of IRI`s influence on Indian Shiites are expressed in terms of "creating and promoting religious self-awareness" and "creating a self-sustaining society. "

The establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran led to the creation of a unique alliance with Lebanon's Hezbollah based on its strategic interests and religious and strategic considerations. Accordingly, the main question of this study may be given as: what may be regarded as the effects caused by IRI`s strategic alliance with Lebanon's Hezbollah on IRI`s strategic interests? The main claim of the research is that the unity of the Islamic Republic with Hezbollah has led to the provision of strategic interests of Iran in the political, military and security dimensions. Studying the problem with regard to the theories of coalition as viewed in offensive and defensive neorealism, one finds the alliance as being offensive and defensive natures both. Some strategic benefits of the alliance may be counted as: preparing thr grounds for power and security, increasing strategic depth and deterrence of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Confronting Israeli-American hegemony in the Middle East, decreasing Israeli national security rate, maintaining the axis of resistance, and expanding the alliance's network.

The Bahrainis, following the 2011 Arab uprisings in 2011, intended to overthrow Al-Khalifa regime. This uprising in the Arab world attracted the attention of many regional and international actors. Iran was among the countries that pursued the Bahraini process from the outset. Because of its democratic character and its revolutionary reputation, the Islamic Republic has always inspired popular movements in the countries of the region, so they supported them in a diplomatic way following the uprisings in Bahrain and condemned any repression of the people in this regard. The main question in the present article lies in IRI`s foreign policy approach to Bahraini rising? As explained in the paper, Iran's system, based on the discourse of the Islamic Revolution on preserving the independence of nations, while opposing any interference and presence of foreign forces in Bahrain, has intended to prepare the people`s interest as it may. In this research, the hypothesis should be tested using constructive theory.

Although the 2011 Egyptian Revolution may not be considered a complete revolution based on the academic definition of the "revolution", the transformation shaped in this country from the point of view of a change that could create players in the regional order and behavior patterns is deeply studyable. One area of study is the rivalry between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States for modeling in Egypt. This paper tries to design a conceptual model for defining foreign players' competition in politically changing countries with such concepts as soft power, political change, and diplomacy, and to answer the question of how far the modeling of the Egyptian revolution is on the agenda of Iran And America, and what were the goals, content and strategies of such models. The results indicate that Iran and the United States have deeply dealt with this issue.

Culture is a category focused on by many theorists throughout history. One of the key issues in this regard lies in the necessity and the possibility or the refusal to control and manage the culture and the limits of government intervention in culture. The comprehensive and totalitarian view of unifying the culture and the liberal viewpoint, by rejecting the possibility of managing culture, tends to spontaneous order. The present paper seeks to explain culture management in the thoughts of Ayatollah Khamenei. To answer these questions, after explaining the main concepts, the ontological, anthropological, epistemological, and sociological foundations are raised and based on them, principles are extracted. Based on the principles, gardening the culture, as Ayatollah Khamenei`s model of managing culture, is explained. The research strategy is qualitative and the method is transcendent inference.

Following the failure of the Iranian people in the Constitutional Movement to restrict the king`s power through the parliament, a system-making revolution emerged and became a platform for the three powers of the new system to be established. Despite the activity of numerous political movements in Iran after the victory of the revolution, the status of the legislative pillar in forming the new system became very important. This article seeks to elucidate the role of the Islamists in creating and strengthening the legislative pillar of the system derived from the Islamic Revolution. The Islamic current, using traditional organizing power and modern view of political participation, based on the ideas of Imam Khomeini, compiling the regulation of election, presenting a single list in Tehran, introducing outstanding figures in other provinces, accepting fundamental offices in the first parliament, presenting the drafts and surveying the bills, opposing opponents in the parliment and helping other pillars, has performed its most important tasks in the formation of the first parliament. In this research, library data has been analyzed in a descriptive-analytical method.

It has been known certain that Islamophobia in the West lies in a rootless and irrational fear and prejudice against Islam. The fact has been emphasized by a team of researchers with many evidences. On the one hand, some have viewed Islamophobia as a result of the conspiracy theory and the fabrication of their illusionist minds of Muslims to confront any scientific critique. As viewed by some, paying little attention to what said by the critics of Islamophobia may be regarded as one weaknesses of present researches in this field. The present paper, using the descriptive-analytical method and surveying documents, has studied the most important theories and views of the critics or those denying Islamophobia in three distinct sections: a) some scholars, while confirming the empirical fact (the existence of a current opposing Islam and Muslims in the West), do not consider the word Islamophobia as appropriate; (b) Some viewed Islamophobia as not being an emerging phenomenon, which constitutes a new form of racism; (c) Others essentially deny the existence of Islamophobia and all its symbols.

Islamic laws are of such a nature and quality that regardless of an executive and vast political and social may not be performed. In this way, the necessity for establishing an Islamic state becomes clear. The present research has examined the preconditions and requirements for a desirable state to be realized as may be understood of the infallible`s traditions. the data has gathered and analyzed based on the grounded theory. Accordingly, after studying narrative sources, the preconditions and requirements of the desired state were extracted and classified in four categories (1. social conditions, 2. fundamental conditions, 3. Ground-based conditions, 4. final conditions), each of which has specific dimensions and characteristics by which a supreme and desirable state under the name of the state of justice and justice may be established.

In the Iran-Iraq War, one group of those of formal position on the war was the clergies and religious scholars in Qom and Najaf. Undoubtedly, the religious leadership of Shi'a Muslims in both countries and their position could have played an important role in the reaction of their followers and the success or failure of each side of the war. The present study seeks to compare the positions of clergymen in the Qom and Najaf center of religious sciences in the Iran-Iraq war. The findings of this study show that, contrary to the full support of clergies in Qom for the Iranian warriors and their persuasion to defend the country, those in Najaf opposed their regime's invasion of neighboring Muslim countries. Of course, they differed in terms of the way of opposition. Some opposed the Ba'ath regime and its military actions, but some remained silent, despite their desire.