Theoretical Principles of Women's Right to Freedom in Viewpoint of Imam Khomeini

In view of Imam Khomeini, the right of freedom for women is based on rational, traditional and intuitional foundations. The voluntary act, that has been stressed in religious teachings and is of scholastic origin, is the pivotal element of the right of freedom according to Imam Khomeini. The rational element of man’s freedom, that bestows freedom upon man and woman, is the “principle of monotheism and monopoly of the obedience to God.” The common sense makes man obedient before God and in this sense, freedom of opinion, freedom of life, and other types of freedom are clarified as far as they are not against the Divine law. In theosophical intuitions, the right of freedom is accidental that returns to its origin, i.e. The Ultimate Right (God).
In view of Imam Khomeini, the right of freedom for women is very extensive in such a way that women can freely – like men - participate in all social, cultural, and political activities (except the capacity of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist). Imam Khomeini believes that a prosperous society depends upon the performance of the righteous mothers who rear righteous children, introduce righteous models to the society, and give the society righteous people. The issue of human reverence, where he attaches equal significance to men and women, distinguishes Imam Khomeini’s attitude toward freedom from that of the Western approach to freedom. It is collectable with some restrictions in Sharia law.