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stages of the Revolution are except doctors. (Ibid,
interesting: Vol. 15: 21)
- Agreement with the - The clergy is the
clergy means agreement symbol of Islam and its
with Islam. (Imam Khomeini, propeller. (Ibid, Vol. 18: 13)
1999, Vol. 7: 468)
- Islam minus the clergy The Imam Khomeini's
amounts to treason. description of the clergy as
(Ibid: 486) the criterion of Islam is
- The clergy is an originally born out of his
unrivalled phenomenon view of the nature of
in safeguarding Islam. human being. For him,
The clergy is the human being is unreliable
standard-bearer of Islam per se as he lacks any
for this nation. (Ibid, intrinsic force to control his
Vol. 8: 44) desires unless he feels
- The clergy is a national constrained by Islamic
asset. (Ibid, Vol. 11: 462) instructions. The closer humans
- Islam without the are to the focal point of
clergy is like a country sources of law, the more
without doctors. (Ibid, their knowledge of its
Vol. 14: 190) implementation will be.
- Islam, except the Therefore, he draws a
clergy, is like medicine, parallel between Islam-clergy
and medicine-doctor relations.
In Imam Khomeini's view,
