Explanation of the Concept of Religious Democracy in thePpolitical thought of Martyr Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Beheshti

Before the Islamic Revolution of Iran (1357 AH), religious democracy had no place in the literature of world governance and there was not much belief based on this category. But since Shahid Beheshti's intellectual foundations had divine roots and were based on his religious beliefs; And this belief and gem of the heart made him a firm and determined person, and he had such a belief that the possibility of establishing such a government was not and is not very difficult, but it requires the will, motivation and enthusiasm of all people, the properties and support of the people, and this is the symbol of this importance in the eye-catching presence of the people in the scenes of the revolution. And he considered religious democracy to be the guarantor of advancing the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, and he was firmly convinced that without the people on this path, he would not be able to move forward, and he believed that obedience to the orders of the Imam of the Revolution, and obedience to the strategic orders of Imam Khomeini (PBUH) is the only way to stabilize and survive the Islamic system. This research, with a descriptive and analytical method, aims to answer the question that what are the components of religious democracy from the perspective of the theorist of the Islamic Revolution Constitution, that is, Shahid Beheshti? And this article, in response to the research question; He considers words such as: civil freedom and expression, justice (no class gap), social development (social progress), partisanship (healthy competition) and political ethics (Islamic behavior and leadership) as components of religious democracy.