Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Brumberg, in his book Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran, commented, “Such vacillating hardly fit the image o ...
sleep again. His breakfast, consisting of bread and a saucer of honey, is placed by Khadijah for him beside his doshak[floor bla ...
Sandra Mackey, “the mandate of hejah wrapped every woman, Muslim and non-Muslim, in layers of dark clothing, and strict sexual s ...
regime be terminated in the name of Islam. He knew that apart from the human cost, the war had turned out to be more ruinous to ...
overwhelmed by the issues brought to his attention. Quoting from Heikal’s 1981 book: It became impossible for him to concentrate ...
In Qom there is no formal method of conducting business. The direct, personal relationship which Khomeini has main- tained with ...
supported Shah Pahlavi’s regime but because it supported Israel. Khomeini was among the more militant Middle Eastern leaders opp ...
“The emergence in Iran of a militant Islamic Republic caused tremors among conservative monarchs and reformist dictators alike, ...
While Khomeini over the years cited many alien doctrines as enemies of Islam, he was not above appealing to their followers. An ...
The Rushdie episode showed the ayatollah not just as an extraordinarily militant Muslim leader, but as one seemingly gripped by ...
the days of revolution, soldiers had to fight off emotionally charged Iranians—this time, though, in a conflict of a quite diffe ...
9 Iran After Khomeini ...
T he Pahlavis, father and son, dreamed of a return to grandeur for their country, harking back to the magnificence of ancient Pe ...
Some, however, have questioned just how much religion had to do with the Iranian Revolution or with its aftermath. “There is no ...
of Islamic hard-liners in everyday life. Young couples were weary of being chastised by frowning religious officials for holding ...
Mackey explained, it is the moderates’ “recognition that Iran must live in the real world of economics and diplomacy. Forced to ...
North Korea as the three major threats to American interests worldwide because of their weapons development programs and alleged ...
“Islamic fundamentalist” society, though, would be debatable. Muslims disagree among themselves as to what “fundamentalism” mean ...
part of the illicit drug passageway between Southwest Asia and Europe. In name and in principle, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was ...
Whatever course Iran takes in coming years, Khomeini and his revolution brought changes that have affected not only Iran but the ...
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