The Principles and Constituent Elements of Islamic Systematization with Emphasis on the "Second Phase of the Revolution" Statement

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, being aware of the harms from the political paradigms governing the West; has strongly rejected the modernist left and right wings born out of the illegitimate sovereign, and has assigned the Islamic state to do one of its duties which is to form both a 'proper administrative system' and an 'Islamic system'. Despite this stipulation in the Constitution, except in rare cases, no special mention has been made to the constituent elements and principles governing Islamic systematization. Now, having passed through four decades of experience, our revolution has come to what is called the “Second Phase of the Revolution” for which a Statement was issued by Ayatollah Khamenei. This statement is based on the achievements of the said four decades of great experience. The major question is raised," What principles and constituent elements does the Second Phase of the Revolution Statement offer for a systematization? Considering the foundations, scheme and clear orientation of the Constitution as to the rule of Islamic principles over other laws and regulations, there is no doubt that from the viewpoint of those who draw up the Constitution and of the Second Phase of the Revolution Statement, Islamic systematization is of certain constituent elements and axiological principles arisen from religion so that this system is taken to be based on such values as freedom, justice, opposition to arrogance, spirituality, rationality, and democracy. The harms, strategies, and the principles governing these values have been explained as the road map in the Islamic systematization. Drawing upon a descriptive-analytic method, the article studies the nature of these constituent elements, principles and the strategies for the fulfilment of Islamic systematization while taking into consideration certain perspectives as the ends of the Second Phase of the Revolution Statement.