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messengers of God as well law which would recognize
as servants of God and and rein in human being's
religious scholars in the carnal and internal desires.
society take up added In such a society, two
importance. Their presence, groups of people must be
words and deeds rush to the distinguished: One group
rescue of human beings to comprising followers the
help them overcome ignorance. public and the other one
In the Imam Khomeini's comprising humans of higher
thoughts, all prophets were rank including prophets,
intent on teaching humans servants of God and
and legalize and put religious scholars who are
constraints on their carnal tasked with guiding the
desires and instincts. For society.
him, the prophets came to
4. Religious Government
perfect the existence of Another important issue that
humanity. (Imam Khomeini, would be instrumental in
1999, Vol. 11: 450; Ibid, understanding the model of
2002, Vol. 3: 337-338)
clergy-government interaction
3. Religious Society is the Imam Khomeini's
A society in which people view of an Islamic
have placed faith in the government. In an interview
messengers of God and are in 1980 with Hamid Algar,
obedient to divine orders he outlined the differences
will be governed by divine between an Islamic government
