Khomeinism

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Khomeinism is a form of Shia ideology that refers to the religious and political ideas and practices connected with Ruhollah Khomeini, the first supreme leader of Iran. While primarily referring to the ideas and practices of Khomeini himself, Khomeinism may also refer to the ideology of the clerical class which has ruled the Islamic Republic of Iran founded by Khomeini, following his death, and to the "radicalization" of segments of the Twelver Shia populations of Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, and to the Iranian government's "recruitment" of Shia minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Africa. The term Khomeinist may also be used to describe members of Iran's ruling clerics, as opposed to Shia Muslim clerics who do not follow the concept of Wilayat ul-Faqih or other ideas of Khomeini. Under Khomeini's leadership, Iran replaced its monarchy with a theocratic republic. Khomeini brought about a major paradigm shift in Shia Islam. He declared that Islamic jurists (clerics specializing...

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