The issue of "legitimacy" in the thought and record of Islamists following Velayat-e-Faqih in Afghanistan

The purpose of this study is to investigate the political Islam of the jurisprudential guardianship (Imami script) in Afghanistan. In this way, we will explain the hypothesis that in Afghanistan, Islamists following the theory of Velayat-e-Faqih in the last three decades of the twentieth century, although succeeding in delegitimizing the opposition, ultimately failed to legitimize it. The findings of the study, conducted in the context of Hughes's "intellectual history" method of analysis, show that the Islamists of Velayat-e-Faqih province in Afghanistan have focused on the issue of legitimacy in historical, religious, political and external fields. In the field of delegitimization and legitimization, they followed certain trends. They had important influences in the growth of Shiite intellectual consciousness and increasing their political role, and took important steps in connection with the "export of the revolution" and the introduction of the "Velayat-e Faqih" in Afghanistan. At the same time, in some cases, due to inexperience and self-centeredness, they engaged in inter-sectarian wars and failed to create lasting legitimacy.