The Comparative Study of Human Rights in Western Democracies and Islam with an Emphasis on Imam Khomeini's Political Discourse

Any view to discussing the philosophical ideas of human rights will be confused without regard to principles and ideas that have shaped the structure of human rights. The concept of human rights in the Universal Declaration represents the western ideology so trying to understand the rights, with a culture that is distinct from Western culture, is necessary. The aim of this article is to explain a comparative study of human rights in western democracies and Islam with an emphasis on Imam Khomeini's political discourse. This article uses descriptive - analytical methods. The results show that the fundamental mistake of western human rights is distance from the monotheistic approach to the world and man. This is the same principle that Islamic jurisprudence is formed based on them. Islamic jurisprudence approach in the field of human rights, based on special theoretical principles, can be placed as inspiration for the formulation and implementation of universal human rights. Imam Khomeini, in describing the concept of human rights, expressed Islam as the main mouthpiece of human rights in different eras and societies.