Aspects of Revolutionism in Islamic Schools before Islamic Revolution: Case Study of Qajar

AbstractThe Revolutionist Islamic Seminary is something specially accentuated by the Supreme Leader. His speeches show that Islamic Seminary was the mother and cause of the Revolution; so revolutionism is a thought and this feature cannot be restricted to after the Islamic Revolution period, but in recent years as a result of the significance of Imam Khomeini’s revolution, the revolutionist activities of the Islamic Seminary before the Pahlavi era is neglected. This ignorance can cause the delusion that Islamic Seminary was not Revolutionist before the Revolution and this can lead to the spread of secularism in the Islamic Seminary. The hypothesis here is that revolutionism has always been present in Islamic Seminary long before Imam Khomeini`s revolution. One of the strategies to stand against secularism is emphasizing this feature. In this article, we want to describe and explain revolutionist features in the Islamic Seminary in Qajar era. The theoretical framework is five Revolutionist features explained in His speeches: 1. Obeying Islam and the revolution`s basic values (pure Islam, depending on Allah`s power, protecting people, helping the underprivileged people, fighting the arrogance and independence). 2. Aiming the goals of the revolution and moving toward them (resistance and not being hopeless). 3. Believing the independence of the country in three aspects of political, economic and cultural. 4. Sensitivity against the enemy and its plans and not following it. 5. religious and political piety. So using this features with an analytical and historical approach we consider the Islamic Seminary`s performance (first grade theologists) in Qajar era and we try to explain these features in their behaviors