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perfectly appropriated the virtuous habits(That a man should possess.)

Then there is he who disapproves the evilwith his tongue and heart, but not with his

hands. This man appropriates only twovirtuous habits but lacks one.

There is the third person who disapprovesevil with his heart but not with his tongue andhands. This is the one who lacks the two better qualities out of the three, and holdsonly one.

Then there is also he who does notdisapprove the evil either with his tongue,

heart or the hands. He is just a dead man

among the living!19

(useless and irresponsibletowards his social, religious and politicalduties to the society)

Imam Alis speech about the differentcharacteristics and values of various types of people

ends with a more profound sentence, reflecting Islams

liberalistic spirit.

And better than all these, said he, is totell the truth in the face of a wrongfulauthority! (to oppose his unlawful acts).20

In the Islamic system of governances everyperson has to see to it that all the jobs, particularly those

pertaining to the government administration and the public matters, are correctly done, if not, he should

correct them, otherwise, he will be held liable by Allah

(s.w.t.) and His people, for disregarding a sacredindividual as well as a social duty.The Islamic leader, as well as the government

officials, are to check the behavior of the people under

their leadership, and the people are obliged (not onlyallowed) to check the performance of their leaders, too.

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That might be the reason why the Islamic

Constitution of Iran has paid such a careful attention it,by saying:

Any person who has any grievances orcomplaints against the manner in which the National Assembly, the Executive or theJudiciary are carrying out their duties, may

present his complaints in writing to the National Assembly. The National Assemblyhas an obligation to fully investigate all thecomplaints received from the public, and to provide the answers and explanations tothem.21

It needs no mention that only through a real

process of checks and balances can a society avoid theexploitation or oppression by the ruling class, and that

way to have a true peoples democracy.


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Appendix I

A LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS

ISSUED BY IMAM ALI

When Imam Ali appointed Officers for

collection of Zakat and charitable money, he wrote forthem this letter of instructions. We have recorded a few

portions of it here to show that he always established thepillars of Righteousness and created examples of justicein all matters, big or small, serious or apparently

ordinary. He wrote, and we quote:

Move on with the fear of Allah, who is One andhas no Partner. Do not frighten any Muslim. Do not passover his land so as to make him feel unhappy. Do not

take from him more than Allahs share in his property.When you go to a tribe, you should get down at their

watering place instead of entering their houses. Then proceed towards them with peace and prestige till youstand among them. Then salute them and do not fall

short of greeting them. Then say to them O people ofAllah! The vicegerent of Allah and His Caliph has sentme to you to collect from you Allahs share in your

properties, is there anything of His share in your properties? If so, give it to His vicegerent. If someone

among them says NO, then do not repeat the demand! Ifsomeone speaks to you in the affirmative, then go with

him without frightening him, threatening him, pressuring

him or oppressing him. Take whatever he gives you such

as gold or silver (coins). If he has cattle or camels do notenter upon them save with his permission, because their

major part is his. Therefore when you get there do not

enter upon them like one who has full control over themor in a violent manner. Do not scare any animal, do nottease any one and do not let the owner feel grieved about

any one. Divide the property into two parts and let the


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owner choose first. When he has chosen his part do not

object to it. Then divide the remaining into two parts andagain let the owner choose, first. When he has chosen do

not object to it. Then divide the remaining into two partsand let him choose one and when he has chosen do not

raise any objection. Continue like this till only that muchremains which is enough to satisfy Allahs dues. Then

take Allahs due from it. If he disputes your action allowhis view, then mix the two (separated) parts and repeatwhat you had done before till you take Allahs due from

the property. Do not take an old, decrepit limb broken,

sick or unsound animal. Do not entrust the animals (for

custody) except, to him whom you trust that he wouldtake good care of the Muslims property till he hands itover to their chief who would distribute it. Do not

entrust it to anyone except he who is well wisher, God-fearing, trustworthy and watchful, and who is not harsh

(on them), does not makes them run too much, have nor

tires them, nor belabors them. Then send to us all thatyou have collected, and we shall deal with it as Allah has

ordered. When the trustee takes over (the animals) tellhim that he would not separate the she-camel from itsyoung and he should not milk all its milk because that

would affect its young and also that he should not exertit in riding. In this matter he should behave justly

between it and all its companions. He should allow restto the camels (who are tired), and drive with ease those

whose hoofs have been rubbed off. When you pass a

water spring, stay the camels there for drinking and do

not take them away from vegetation growing land to barren paths. He should allow them rest now and then

and give them time near water and grass. In this way

then they would reach us healthy and they would be fatwith plenty of substance, and they would not be fatiguedor distressed. We would then distribute them according

to the (commands of) Quran and the Sunnah of the

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Prophet of Allah (S.A.). Certainly this would be great

source of rewards for you and means to secure guidance,if Allah, so wills.*


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Muslim daily prayers or Salat! Allahom-ma SalliAla

Mohammad, wa Ala Aali Mohammad, Kama Sal-laitaAl Ib hi Al A li Ib hi *

Appendix IV

Could There Come Another Imam Khomeini?

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Ala Ibrahim, wa Ala Aali Ibrahim.*

May Allah forbid it! Insha Allah!

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M.S. Tajar Ph.D.

(Former Lecturer University ofthe Philippines)

Since the spectacular victory of the IslamicRevolution of Iran, on Feb. 11, 1979, the most

fascinating question on my mind, and probably yours,too, has been this: Could there come another ImamKhomeini?

This question, for me, and probably for many

others, became even more profound, immediately after

the passing away of Imam Khomeini, on June 3, 1989.The logical answers to this question may be

many yeses or nos, as we shall see after this brief study,

yet to me, the most beautiful answer is given by thattouching song, that says:

There may come many other summers,But there will never come another you!

But, seriously speaking, could there comeanother Imam Khomeini? The answer is both yes and no.Just to explain further, let me quote here a very

well known saying, or Hadith, from the Holy ProphetMohammad (S.A.W.) who said:

Allah (S.W.T.) shall raise a GrandReformer, in every century, to straighten theaffairs of the Muslim Ummah. (Ref. allmajor Books of Hadith).

Under the light of this futuristic Hadith (TheProphecy, as they say, is history told in advance!), we

can see many great leaders, who came and lead theMuslims, in the most crucial times in the life of the

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Abstract

The very term Islam means peace as well

* The word Islam itself means:Peace/Shalom; It also means submission to

the will of the One and Only God.


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The very term Islam means peace as well

as submission to God Almighty.

In order to understand the true Message

of Islam and its peaceful Co-existence with

other religions, one should concentrate on the

authentic sources of the Islamic teachings i.e.

The Holy Quran itself and the life and the

practices of the Holy Prophet Mohammad(P.B.U.H.) during his own time, before the

Islamic rule was hi-jacked by some extremist

fundamentalist, opportunistic, Khalifahs,

Sultans, Pashas, immediately after the death of

the Holy Prophet, up to the last Ottoman Caliph

in Turkey, in 1923.

The extremist Taliban, Wahhabis, Salafisusing the name of Islam, have killed more

Muslim men, women, and children in

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, and

Yemen, than they have killed the non-Muslims!

And that shows how much of Islamic faith they

have, and how un-Islamic they have become!

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* O you who have Faith! Enter intoSILM (submission to One God/Peace) all

together; and follow not the Devil. HolyQuran, 2:208.

* (Tell the unbelievers, O Mohammad!)

To you your religion, and to me, mine.

Holy Quran, 109:6

* There is no compulsion in religion...Holy Quran, 2:256

*If Islam means submission to the will of

God, then we are all Muslims!

D.W. Goethe (1710-1782) in his EasternDiwan after reading the Holy Quran.

A Confession

Before I start to explain further about thoseQuranic verses, which I quoted above, I must have

a confession, a mea culpa, so to speak, a religious

confession, indeed. Especially, considering the factthat I am now speaking in a prestigious Catholicinstitution, like De La Salle University, and more

particularly because, I am at the presence of someeminent Catholic Priests!


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genius translator, was later burned alive,Inquisition style, by some Arab rulers, who

were so jealous of his perfect Arabic language,and books, that they accused him of

and to the generations to come, long after weare all gone:

Seyyed Jamalud Din Asad Abaadi went far


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blasphemy, and trying to write in perfectArabic, in order to challenge the Holy Book of

Islam, i.e. Al-Quran! Gentlemen! Thatswhat I call the Hijacking of Islam by the

extremists.44.) Ibn Khallikan the famous Muslim historian

(mistaken as an Arab, but his real name speaks

for itself, that he was from the well knownBarmaki Persian aristocrats and ministers ofHaarun Ar-Rashid, the Abbassid Caliph). He

is from Irbil (now part of Iraq) one of theancient historic cities of the Kurdish/Persian

people. His full name is: Ahmad --- Al-Barmaki, Al-Irbili. (See The Persian Names

by Maneka Gandhi/India 1994 p.180).

45.) Jama'lud Din Asad Abaadi (known as Al-Afghani 1838-1897 A.D.) the pioneer ofthe Back-to-Islam-Movement in the Arab

and the Muslim world. (See the InternationalHerald Tribune, Jan.12/2005). This man,

whose identify as an Iranian was discoveredlater, was called by the Egyptian extremist,

fundamentalist, Wahhabi author Mr. Rashid

Rada (1920s) as: A dog from the Persiandogs! (Kalbun min kilabil Ajam!)

But, to defend that silent man from the barks of these jealous guys, I would like to

introduce his personality further to my readers

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beyond his country (Iran) and he influencedsome of the greatest minds in the Arab and the

Muslim world, from Afghanistan and India upto Turkey, Egypt, Syria and even Europe, and

here is how:

1. The national poet of Turkey (and a hostof other Turkish intellectuals) Mr. YurdaQul (1869 1944) was one of thestudents of Jamalud Din, and a great

follower and fan of him, when theteacher used to lecture in Istanbul

Academy, in the 1870s.

So were the great Turkish reformers like,

Saeed Nursi, Mohammad Aakif, etc., etc.

In the Arab world, the greatest Islamicscholar of Egypt in the last 200 years,

Sheikh Mohammad Abdoh (1849 1905)who later on became the Rector of the

Al-Azhar University in Egypt (the oldestuniversity in the world?) and the Grand

Mufti of the Sunni Islam, had also thehonor of being one of the students of

Jamalud Din.

So was the great Egyptian author andscholar, Fareed Wajdi, and several other

Egyptian literati.

other example of any similar IslamicRevolution/Government in the world history

like it, except the first one that was establishedby the Holy Prophet P.B.U.H. himself!


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And last, but not the least, was his greatfollower, Dr. Mohammad Iqbal, the

Indian born national poet of Pakistan(November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938)

and the ideologue behind the creation ofthe first Islamic Republic, in 1947, who

probably got that idea from the teachings

of Asad Aabaadi,(=The IslamicRevivalism) although, he never met thegreat teacher, personally.

Plus many other great Muslim leaders,

who directly or indirectly, wereinfluenced by Asad Aabaadis views,

even when he himself was in Paris in

1884, publishing his monumentalmagazine Al- Orwatul Woth-qa, inArabic language, in order to awaken the

Arab world to the Back-to-Islammovement, and the Islamic Renaissance

(O boy! O boy! What an interestingPersian dog/cat? he was!)

46.) Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini (1904 - 1989A.D.) the greatest spiritual-political leaderof the Muslims in the last 1,000 years. He leada successful Islamic Revolution (1979 A.D.)

and he established the Islamic Government (asdid the Holy Prophet in 622 A.D.). There is no

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No wonder, Ahmad Bin Bella, the

revolutionary leader of Algeria, called it: TheMiracle of our Age! (see Time Magazine,

Apr. 1979).

But the most prominent among the Persian Muslim

scholars, was;47.) Imam Mohammad Al-Ghazzali of Khorasan(=Saracin), who according to some Western

orientalists, and several Muslim Jurists, was:The greatest scholar in Islam, after the

Prophet Mohammad, himself!)**

Thats why even Ibn Khaldun, the pioneering

Muslim sociologist from North Africa (1332 -1406 A.D.), clearly stated that: The biggest

group of Islamic scholars were the Ajams!(the Persians). (See: A.A. Velayati, The

Civilizations of Islam and Iran, Tehran, 2005p.560)

The Role of the Saracins in Islamic (Arab?)

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every foreigner was called KhorasaniPersian/Saracin.(see Mr. Nuri, A. The Persian

Civilization Tehran, Iran 2001 p.631).

******No wonder the Holy Prophet Mohammad

*********Madinat Zahra, the city built by theMuslim Caliphs of Spain, was the largest city in

European history, that was built from scratch. Itsruins were discovered in 1911-see BBC. Dec.

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******No wonder, the Holy Prophet Mohammadhad already prophesied, that: If knowledge be

found in the stars, there will be some Persians toobtain it!.

*******Making paper, was one of the many gifts of

the Saracins (Persian Muslims) to Spain, fromwhere it also spread to the rest of Europe, that did

not know about paper before!

The Saracin paper industry (which they also

got from the Chinese) went from Spain to Italy in1279 A.D., and from there to France in 1348, then

to Germany (of Gutenberg!) in 1390 and finally into(the Industrialized) England in 1495 A.D. (see Dr.

A.A. Velayati Persian and Islamic Civilizations,Tehran 2005 p.04.

********The Saracin artists also influenced the

Venetian arts and architecture, as one can clearlysee in the building of the churches, monuments or

facilities (Persiana or Venetian Blinds being one ofthem). In European paintings during the

Renaissance, you could see many guys with Muslimfeatures, attires, like turbans, and oriental looks;

Those were mostly the influences of thePersians/Saracin artists in Venice in those days, like

Mahmoud Al-Kurdi, who lived and painted invenice,during the early 16

thcentury A.D.

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Aqa Puya, with the transliteration of Prof.M.S. Tajar, Published by the Muslim

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REFERENCE

CHAPTER I

11S.V. Mir Abmed Ali; The Holy Quran Full

Commentary Vol.I (Karachi, Pakistan: P.E. TrustPublications, 1979) p.608

12Ibid

13

Faizol-Islam Naqi Nahjul Balagha p 5214Ali R S d N hj l B l h 134


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CHAPTER I

1Time Magazine, New York, April 16, 19792Ettelaat, Tehran, January 30, 1980

*See for example:The Dagger of Islam, by John Laffin, (London:

Sphere Books, Ltd, 1979).3Arthur Higbee, What Would Irans Islamic

Republic Be Like? Bulletin Today, February 11, 1979,

p.6*This book has been printed many times in Arabic,

Persian, Urdu, etc. A good English translation is published by Center of Islamic Studies, P.O. Box 12.

Qom, Iran, in 1975.*A.H. stands for After Hijra meaning the migration

of Prophet Mohammad from Mecca to Medina.4Ali Reza, Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha (Qum Center

of Islamic Studies, 1975) p.125Quran 26:2146Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.12

7Ibid; p.14*The English translation of Nahjul Balagha gives a

list of Muslim as well as non-Muslim Scholars who have

researched regarding this matter (N.B. Center of Islamic

Studies, Qum, Iran, pp. 9-12).8Hatta, Mohammad, A review on the Character of

Ali (Cairo, Neel Books Ltd., 1970) p.40.9Ali Reza, Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha (Qum Center

of Isalmic Studies, 1975) p.11.10

Ibid

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Faizol Islam, Naqi, Nahjul Balagha p.5214Ali Reza, Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.13415Ibid, p.14816

Shariati, Ali The Maktab (Houston, Texas: BookDistribution Center, USA 1977) p.10

17Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.13418Ibid, p.14819Ali Reza, Seyed, Nahjul Balagha (Qom Center

of Isalmic Studies, 1975) p.16220George Zaidan History of The Islamic

Civilization Vol. I (Cairo, Dar Al-Kotob Publications,

1960) p.16021Ibid, p.16522Ibid, p.5723S.M.A. Jafary, Nahjul Balagha (Introduction)

p.57-6024The Holy Quran, 68:125

Opinion expressed by Mr. Narsisian, FirstSecretary of British Embassy, in his speech at the

Islamic Center Baghdad, December 15, 197026Faizol Islam, Naqi, Nahjul Balagha p.4627Ibid, p.76128Faizol Islam, Naqi, Nahjul Balagha p.56* Note for example Omar Khayyam of Persia (Iran)

who was an astronomer, philosopher, mathematician andone of the most outstanding poets in history (in fact, he

is the second best selling poet in the history of mankind,after the number one in the world, which is another

Persian poet, Jalalud Din Rumi, the third is Shakespearof England). Another good example is Al-Farabi(Central Asian) who was a great Philosopher as well as

musician, etc.


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20Rao Ramakrishna Mohmmad p.1121Ibid. p. 1222Ibid. p. 1223

The Holy Quran, 49:1324

Ibid. 17:7025Ibid 28:4


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Ibid. 28:427 The Holy Quran, 28:5-628

Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.17929Ibid. p. 304*The Awaited Imam that shall appear in the future. A

belief, common among almost all peoples and religions

of the world, that one day, at the End Times, their leadershall return as the Messiah; That is the belief of the

Christians, the Jews, the Muslims, and the Parsis(Zoroastrians) and even the Hindus, etc.

30Ministry of National Guidance: The Iranian

Constitution, Tehran, Iran 1979, p.4.31Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.40832Ibid. p. 12733Ibid. p. 41934

Ibid. p. 19035Ibid. p. 42536

Ibid.

37Ibid.38Ibid. p. 44839Ibid. p. 53240Faizol Islam, Naqi, Nahjul Balagha p.99341

Ibid. p. 99342

Ibid. p. 104443Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.158

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CHAPTER III

1Amini, Allamah Al-Ghadir (Najaf, Iraq Al-

Ghadir Publications 1968) p. 1253Faizol-Islam Naqi, Nahjul Balagha p.504

Ibid., p.1465Ali Shariati, Ommat Wa Imamat (West Germany,

United Islamic Students Ass. Persian Speaking Group1976) p.95

6 The Holy Quran 62:27The Iranian constitution, Article 1078Ali Reza, Seyyed Nahjul Balagha p.2799Abid., p. 881

10Motahhari Mortez Dastan Rastan (Tehran,Enteshar Publications Inc., 1972) p. 90.

11 The Holy Quran 3:15912Abid., 42:3813

The Iranian Constitution (Tehran, Ministry ofNational Guidance 1979) p.5

14A.M. MacDonald, Chambers Essential English

Dictionary p.13015The Iranian Constitution, Preamble, under

Methods of Government in Islam.16Abid17Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.42318Harold J. Salemsoh Sayings of the Ayatollah

Khomeini (New York: Bantam Books Inc., 1980) p.15.19Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.64820

Abid., p. 702

21The Iranian Constitution, Preamble, under

Methods of Government in Islam.

19Torabi Rashid, HAZRAT ALIS Famous Epistle

to Malik Ash,tar, p.2520Abid., p.1621


Abid., 59:7.23Abid 5:48


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CHAPTER IV

1Rao Ramakrishna Muhammad p. 142 The Holy Quran 114:1-3*This is the first sentence that every Muslim or

newly-converted to Islam should proclaim, namely: LA

ILAHA ILAL LAH (There is no god except Allah!)3Torabi, Rashid Hazrat Alis Famous Epistle to

Malik Ashtar, Governor of Eqypt (Qom, Ansarian

Publications, 1972) p.94Abid., p. 10

5Abid., p. 11

6Ali Reza, Seyyed Nahjul Balagha p. 5397 The Holy Quran, 57:258

Abid., 62:29Abid., 26:9010Abid., 4:7611Faizol-Islam, Naqi, Nahjul Balagha pp. 52 & 11212Torabi Rashid, Hazrat Alis Famous Epistle to

Malik Ashtar, Governor of Egypt p.2013


Ameed Al-Qommi A Brief Study of Quran(Manila:Iranian Muslim Students Association 1979) p. 23.

*Refer to Chapter 2: Under the topic Establishmentof a Just Political Structure.

15 The Holy Quran, 79:1716

The Holy Quran, 79:18-26.17Abid., 59:2218Abid., 2:142

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Abid., 5:48.24Abid., 1:3.25

Abid., 2:18526Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p.20527Rao Ramakrishna, Muhammad (Manila: Far East

Young Muslims Association, 1980) p. 7

16The Islamic Republic (Morning Daily, Tehran,

February 12, 1980) p.4.17 The Holy Quran, 34:28.18

The Holy Quran, 48:28; 9:33; and 61:9.19

Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p. 17820Sheikh Abbas Qommi Montahal Aamal (Tehran:


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CHAPTER V

1Laffin John, The Dagger of Islam (London:

Sphere Books LTD., 1979) p.52Abid., p. 63Abid., p. 4.

4Muslims of the Soviet East. Official Journal of

Muslim Religious Board of Asia and Kazakhistan, No.3,1980, p. 11.

5Hong Kong Muslim Herald Vol. 3, Nov. 1980, p. 3.6Islamic Republic (Morning Daily) Tehran, Feb. 4, 19817John Laffin, The Dagger of Islam p.4.

8Laffin John, The Dagger of Islam (London:

Sphere Books LTD., 1979), p. 5.9Robert Azzi, Saudi Arabia National Geog. Mag.

Sept. 1980), pp.279-29810Harold J. Salemson, Sayings of the AyatollahKhomeini (New York: Bantam Books Inc., 1980) p. 3.

11Ettelaat (Evening Daily), Tehran, August 12, 1980, p.3.*Muslim countries still under monarchy system or

sheikhdom are: Saudi Arabia, Oman, Morocco, Malaysia,

Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.12

Harold J. Salemson. Sayings of the AyatollahKhomeini (New York: Bantam Books Inc., 1980) p. 10

13A statement by Ayatollah Khomeini, Founder ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran, in his speech delivered tothe Muslim Ambassadors in the Holy City of Qom, on

November 3, 1979.14Abid.15The Iranian Constitution, section 10

190

Sheikh Abbas Qommi, Montahal Aamal (Tehran:Elmieh Books Ltd., 1960) p. 95.

21Harold J. Salemson, Sayings of the Ayatollah

Khomeini (New York: Bantan Books, 1980) p. 8.22Bulletin Today, Manila, Nov. 30, 1980 p. 1.23Saying of the Ayatollah Khomeini p.824Abid., p. 9.25 The Holy Quran, 4:75.26Ibid., 3:104.27Selected Messages and Speeches of Imam

Khomeini (Tehran: The Hamdami Foundation Books,1980) p. 90.

28 The Holy Quran, 49:10.29The Iranian Constitution. Section 1, Principle 11.31Abid., Preamble32The Iranian Constitution, Section 10, Article 154.*

Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p. 486*Ali Reza Seyyed, Nahjul Balagha p. 520.

Democracy (Western Style) is actually the worst formof government; the problem is that we have nothing

better.Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of England1940 and 1951


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Genuine

The Islamic Government is the most natural and originalpolitical system in the world, today... Just like the early

human governments in history i.e. Susa, Sumeria, Urok(now Iraq) and Arak (now in Iran)etc., all of which

started with The priest kings... (As the Platos The

Republic is a historical witness).This came to be, after the first City (=Government)

in the world was established, some 7000 years ago, in the

Western Iran/Eastern Iraq (Medeo-Persia) by the Mahds

(Medes) who were the ancient tribes of the Western

Persia. Actually, the name Mahd (or Maad in Pahlavi

Language) has become synonymous with the word City

in the Pahlavi and Arabic languages, e.g. Madyan,

Mada-en, Madinah (all from Mahds or the Medes) as well

as the Ancient City of Ha-Madan = The Maads/TheMedes (The Mahds or Medes Place / Hamadan in Iran).

Hamadan was one of the four capitals of the PersianEmpire, the three others being Susa, Persepolis and

Baghdad (now capital of Iraq).

This ancient Pahlavi word i.e. Madyan and its

diminutive form i.e. Madina/Medina, entered into the

Arabic and other languages later, and they have been used

in the Holy Quran, too. (See ch.28 v.18). The word

Madyan, and its derivatives are repeated in the Holy

Quran 27 times, and in the Islamic History and Hadith,

on countless occasions.

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