Elucidation of Community-State Relationship in Political Thought of Imam Khomeini (ra)

This paper elucidates community-state relationship in the political thinking of Imam Khomeini (ra). Therefore, the question is that “on what basis of characteristics and how can communitystate relationship in the political thought of Imam Khomeini (ra) be elucidated?” Different theories have been raised about the relationship between community and state. These theories have looked into the relationship based on authority of state and community or weakness of state and community. Unlike the theories raised, a two-sided relationship is defined and community and state relationship is being elucidated in the shape of support, partnership, cooperation, guidance, religion, service and the like. Hence, extension of state is defined based on extension of community and vice versa; they are complementary, cause and effect of one another.