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finally would lead them to political canon law for the
better understanding of purpose of social democratization
human life. and better understanding of
Over the past half a human life.
century, the Shia clergy has It is also important to
progressed significantly in note that full knowledge of
the world in the face of the Imam's thoughts on the
influential discourses in clergy would not be
light of the potentialities of possible only through his
the Shia political discourse. speeches and works; hence,
The theory of Islamic we have to discuss other
government and Velayat-e aspects of the issue. But
Faqih is one of these new meantime, this study is not
capacities of the Shia expected to outline all aspects
political discourse. On this of the Imam's thoughts,
front, the Imam Khomeini's part of which remains
view mainly promotes the hidden behind his lifestyle.
implementation of divine A separate forum would be
law rather than a religious needed to extract such details.
government. This political
discourse, which was raised
during the Imam Khomeini's
lifetime almost five decades
ago, has redefined political
concepts in a bid to develop
