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social duties; However, the beliefs about ethics and its
extent to which this theory importance in promoting
applies to certain areas of moral development within
governance is debatable society; Particularly when
among the respected clerics. instilled during the early
(Vaezi, 2004) stages of religious education
Imam Khomeini, nevertheless, in the seminary.
supports a wide understanding As Legenhausen notes, it is
of the notion of Wilayah, by through these teachings that
which the highest-ranked we see a compassionate
wali, representing the Imam, who acts like a father
authority of the Hidden Imam, concerned with the current
can and must rule over and future well-being of his
political and social affairs; country. This task would have
(Imam Khomeini, 2005) Of been impossible without
course, this idea was not infusing a mystical tone into
created by Imam; But was the the already present anti-
result of historical debates imperialist movement.
within the Shi’a seminary. It is in the ethical
(Mousavi, 1996) dimension of religion that the
During his exile, Imam Imam finds the perfect
Khomeini wrote “The combination of mysticism and
Greatest Jihad”, which builds politics. The thesis of Islam as
on the themes presented in his a humanizing project aiming
Islamic Government lectures. for the betterment and
This text is a refined constant perfection of human
expression of Khomeini’s ethics and behavior is hereby
