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               112  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (26): 107-119, Spring 2021
                      “All those who serve in               follow this loose vote to
                      the country must keep in              disrupt    the    Muslim
                      mind  that  they  should              system”. (Nahj al-Balagha,
                      preserve  the  honor  of              Sermon. 169)

                      Islam, which the Islamic
                      Republic is the primary           In  this  sermon  imam  Ali
                      flagbearer of”. (Imam Khomeini,   sees the boundary of tolerance
                      2000, Vol. 16: 414)            of  opposition  as  it  being  the
                                                     disruption  of  the  unity  of  the
                  In  these  sentences,  the         state  and  which  in  turn

               preservation  of  the  Islamic        indicates  everyone’s  duty  to
               Republic is the embodiment of         maintain the state.
               preserving     Islam  and      its       Grand religious jurists have
               equivalent.  It  is  also  stated  in   also  come  to  believe  in  the
               several  tales  that  the  Imams      dignity  of  the  state  to  stop
               are  committed  to  maintaining       disruptions  by  relying  on

               the Muslim system and dealing         various  arguments,  and  the
               with the opposition as a matter       “Saheb  Jawahir”  considers  it
               of  disruption  occurs  to  the       necessary to preserve the state.
               Muslim order.                         (Ref: Najafi, 2013, Vol. 21: 395)
                  Imam  Ali  states  in  one  of        Therefore, in the media and
               his statements:                       information,  any  news  that
                      “They are inclined to be       contradicts the preservation of

                      dissatisfied  with  my         the  Islamic  government  is
                      government  and  I  wait       forbidden,  and  preventing  its
                      as  long  as  I  am  not       propagation  is  an  important
                      afraid  of  your  social       necessity. That is why journalists
                      unity,  what  if  they  will   and  news  outlets  must  always
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