A Study of the Impact of Imam Khomeini’s Islamic Political Discourse on Illumination of the Islamic Ummah

The background and objective of Islamic revivalism began with the efforts of great thinkers such as Seyed Jamaluddin Asadabadi in the era of the intellectual, cultural and political hegemony of colonial powers on the world of Islam, but declined to create a new plan. Imam Khomeini was the first thinker to turn Islamic revivalism into a political discourse and behavior and through his intellectual leadership turned the Islamic uprising against the hegemonic system and dictators into political will of the Muslims, the oppressed and the liberation movements of the world. The hypothesis of this research is that Imam’s political discourse is effective on the illumination and awareness of the Muslim Ummah. Documental research method was employed and the necessary data were collected from books, articles, and other sources. The findings of the research indicate that the ideas of Imam Khomeini are the greatest doctrine for the popular uprisings of the world of Islam. Imam’s role was to combine the idea of liberation with collective will, whose outcome was the creation of hegemonic discourse of awakening of the Muslim nations.
Imam’s strategies in this regard were: revival of political Islam, rejection of unpopular and West-oriented regimes, protection of inseparability of religion and politics, rejection of domination and Zionism, introduction of international Day of Quds and Muslim unity