Khomeini Between Extremism And Moderation

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini Deems The Heretics Trustworthy   Khomeini vilifies the choicest of the ummah, undermines the dignity of its pioneers, and launches attacks on the Islamic caliphate. Yet we find him praising the heretics. For example, he applauds al Nasir al Tusi on his supposed services rendered to Islam. He states:   ويشعر الناس بالخسارة أيضا بفقدان الخواجه نصير الدين الطوسي وأمثاله ممن قدموا […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Stance Of Khomeini Regarding The Islamic Caliphate   The Shia and their leader Khomeini believe that Islam was truly represented in only two eras, the era of Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and the era of ‘Ali radiya Llahu ‘anhu. We have already alluded to the feigned ignorance of Khomeini with respect to the Rightly Guided Khalifas, since they consider their […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Muslim Judiciaries   The decrees passed by Khomeini regarding the Islamic governments extends to its judiciary as well. He considers those who have brought cases, valid or otherwise, to the judiciary to have presented themselves before judges that are for all intents and purposes illegitimate and false deities. He presents in support of this a narration of al Kulayni, the […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Nawasib   Some of the moderate Shia believe that a Nasibi is one who harbours enmity for the Ahlul Bayt and as such a Nasibi is synonymous with a Khariji, whilst the Ahlus Sunnah do not fall into this description as they love the Ahlul Bayt. Yet we find in their hadith collection that which is contrary to this. We […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Belief Of Tawalli and Tabarri   Amongst the beliefs of the Shia and their Imam Khomeini is the belief of al Wala and al Bara, i.e. total support of their Imams and total opposition to their enemies. According to their belief, the enemies of their Imams are the Sahabah radiya Llahu ‘anhum, foremost amongst whom are Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, and […]