A Study of the Roots of Integration among Different Iranian Religious Faiths in the Iran- Iraq War

At a time when foreigners are trying to forge division among various Iranian ethnic and religious communities, the current research work aims at delineating the reasons upon which all these different communities came under one umbrella to defend their motherland. This work, in addition to demonstrating the national compromise plan in Iran, will eventually try to neutralize some foreign conspiracies. In the beginning of the current research work, some key concepts, like religious faiths, sacred defense, and integration, are taken into consideration. Then it tries to portray the relation which exists between religious minorities and the government. This section will finally conclude that since the Iranian religious government is based on religious democracy, it can safeguard the rights of the minorities within the country and can even encourage them to do their outmost for the sake its sake. In studying integration between the followers of different religious faiths and other Iranians during Iran- Iraq war, the contributing factors are emphasized. Firstly patriotism and also being a true Iranian; and secondly, Imam Khomeini's especial way of tackling the rights of the minorities and the interactions that he stressed should exist among them which lead to a logical national compromise. The second point mentioned above is far above the rights of other religious faiths in the Iranian Constitution and it can be based on religious identity and the interaction between the followers of other religious faiths and the muslims.