Cleric in Islamic Awakening Theory Confab:

Imam Khomeini with his Jurist Guardianship Theory Became the Origin of Islamic and Global Awakening

Navideshahed: Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani during the congress ‘Islamic Awakening’ said: “The work that Imam Khomeini implemented and became the source of Islamic Awakening and universality is that Imam Khomeini theorized regarding Islamic Guardianship. He proved that the clerics can govern and to administer the community based on the time requirements.”?

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سه‌شنبه - ۱۵ مرداد ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 15 May

According to Fars News Agency Political Service Quoting the Bureau for Preservation and Dissemination of Ayatollah Khamenei's Works, the Head of the Iranian Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani on Sunday, May 13, 2012 during the congress ‘Islamic Awakening in the political thought of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei’ gave speech and he pointed out to the Shiites reference on the procedure of Islamic Awakening History’s evolution.

In these speeches, he pointed out that no words meaning awakening has been mentioned in the holy book ‘Koran’ and he declared: “Whatever can be found in the meaning of awakening in the holy book Koran is uprising and following the uprising; the word uprising has been mentioned for eight times which means raising, awakening, movement and we can interpret it that uprising is the an optimum and dynamic change and movement from one stage to a higher and better stage.”?

Mahdavi Kani emphasized on this issue that the person who wants to create changes must tolerate the difficulties and he said: “The first sermon of God and prophet (May God send greetings to him) is that you should make and uprising and revolution and to raise up and after uprising the word reviving religious thought is important.”?

Chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts continued: “Relying to the human nature is misleading from the obvious and transparent way of Koran; what can awaken the natures and lead them towards accurate path is the certain guardianship; the issue of Islamic Guardianship is a certain issue for the Shiites and it is a point for them as well.”?

Mahdavi Kani referred to this issue that Islamic Guardianship has been stated during Sheikh Mofid and Sheikh Sodoogh, but what has not existed in the past has been the theorization regarding Islamic Guardianship and implementation of this guardianship and its universality point; in fact Imam Khomeini theorized and they wrote the discourse of Islamic government in Najaf and they discussed that government is for the Islamic Guardianship. He proved that the clerics can govern and to administer the community based on the time requirements.”?

He declared: “The world is getting changed and we must accept these changes and we must move in the path of Islamic Guardianship; the work that Imam Khomeini implemented and became the source of Islamic Awakening and universality is that Imam Khomeini theorized regarding Islamic Guardianship. He proved that the clerics can govern and to administer the community based on the time requirements.

The Secretary General of Fighting Clerics Society continued: “Today there is religious democracy, something that caused the government to fall in the hands of people and the survival of the Islamic Revolution in the other communities is this issue and this issue can be considered as a model for other countries in establishing a popular religious and people government.”?

He also pointed out to this issue that the country can not be controlled only by the emotions and the experts and clerics must comment in this field and he declared: “Today the supreme leader also consults with experts and clerics.”?

Chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani in another section of his words considered weakening the leadership and organizations related to leadership as weakening of the system and he said: “The Islamic awakening is significant and as we have played roles in its origin, we should play roles in directing and leading that as well, for this purpose we should be united and we must match our personal and group requests with the supreme leader ambitions and this issue could be considered as something significant for development; because when there are differences, the enemy can use this opportunity.”?

He at the end of his words outlined: “Although Imam Khomeini was taskmaster, but he considered unity between us as something essential; he recommended that revolution has opened its way and today maybe the enemies to launch some tough movements, but they can create no damage to this revolution.”?

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According to Fars News Agency Political Service Quoting the Bureau for Preservation and Dissemination of Ayatollah Khamenei's Works, the Head of the Iranian Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani on Sunday, May 13, 2012 during the congress ‘Islamic Awakening in the political thought of Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei’ gave speech and he pointed out to the Shiites reference on the procedure of Islamic Awakening History’s evolution. In these speeches, he pointed out that no words meaning awakening has been mentioned in the holy book ‘Koran’ and he declared: “Whatever can be found in the meaning of awakening in the holy book Koran is uprising and following the uprising; the word uprising has been mentioned for eight times which means raising, awakening, movement and we can interpret it that uprising is the an optimum and dynamic change and movement from one stage to a higher and better stage.”? Mahdavi Kani emphasized on this issue that the person who wants to create changes must tolerate the difficulties and he said: “The first sermon of God and prophet (May God send greetings to him) is that you should make and uprising and revolution and to raise up and after uprising the word reviving religious thought is important.”? Chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts continued: “Relying to the human nature is misleading from the obvious and transparent way of Koran; what can awaken the natures and lead them towards accurate path is the certain guardianship; the issue of Islamic Guardianship is a certain issue for the Shiites and it is a point for them as well.”? Mahdavi Kani referred to this issue that Islamic Guardianship has been stated during Sheikh Mofid and Sheikh Sodoogh, but what has not existed in the past has been the theorization regarding Islamic Guardianship and implementation of this guardianship and its universality point; in fact Imam Khomeini theorized and they wrote the discourse of Islamic government in Najaf and they discussed that government is for the Islamic Guardianship. He proved that the clerics can govern and to administer the community based on the time requirements.”? He declared: “The world is getting changed and we must accept these changes and we must move in the path of Islamic Guardianship; the work that Imam Khomeini implemented and became the source of Islamic Awakening and universality is that Imam Khomeini theorized regarding Islamic Guardianship. He proved that the clerics can govern and to administer the community based on the time requirements. The Secretary General of Fighting Clerics Society continued: “Today there is religious democracy, something that caused the government to fall in the hands of people and the survival of the Islamic Revolution in the other communities is this issue and this issue can be considered as a model for other countries in establishing a popular religious and people government.”? He also pointed out to this issue that the country can not be controlled only by the emotions and the experts and clerics must comment in this field and he declared: “Today the supreme leader also consults with experts and clerics.”? Chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani in another section of his words considered weakening the leadership and organizations related to leadership as weakening of the system and he said: “The Islamic awakening is significant and as we have played roles in its origin, we should play roles in directing and leading that as well, for this purpose we should be united and we must match our personal and group requests with the supreme leader ambitions and this issue could be considered as something significant for development; because when there are differences, the enemy can use this opportunity.”? He at the end of his words outlined: “Although Imam Khomeini was taskmaster, but he considered unity between us as something essential; he recommended that revolution has opened its way and today maybe the enemies to launch some tough movements, but they can create no damage to this revolution.”? The End