نشریه مطالعات راهبردی بسیج
پیاپی 58 (بهار 1392)

In addition to contributing to a more effective decision-making, giving a systematic and sensible picture of the reasons and the backgrounds that can account for why religious-ethnical movements are shaped, and making a scientific study of the process in which their activities become a security threat all can create an increased awareness and create a knowledge-based structure in security studies. On the other hand, a major national security threat throughout the country is the especial approach that exists towards religious sectarianism on the basis of the way religious identities stand out and religious identities become political in the society; that is why it is well represented by the title “religious minoritism”. As it challenges the national identity with its own specific ideological background and function, it will lead to a polarized society which in the end weakens the national security. To present an analytical observation and explanation of this problem, the present research tries first to make an analytical study of the causes and backgrounds that account for why the religious minoritist movement is shaped, and then to explain the process in which a neutral religious minority in the society turns into a security minoritist movement.

According to Imam Ali’s belief, the political domain of a God-centered government is a meritocratic one, where the entire individuals of the society should be in a position to get involved to participate in the government of their country, because it is contingent upon their presence and will. Government, as viewed by Imam Ali, is tantamount to a means of serving people. Avoiding dictatorship by underlining asking for people′s opinion is a prominent feature of Imam Ali’s system of government. In such a government, the common people are refereed to as the pillar of religion and a strong shield against enemies. Imam Ali considered the winning of people's trust as extremely important. People’s votes and support, as viewed by Imam Ali, serve as the source of political power, so it follows that the government is held responsible in front of people, enjoying a political transparency, which puts everybody in a position to be in the picture of the actions taken by the government. Any kind of discrimination and injustice is completely unacceptable which, if removed, will bring in an environment where the society can increasingly flourish and blossom. All these concepts from the right to express one’s opinion, through tolerance towards people, to serving the public and trying to meet their interests, accountability, transparency, justice are concepts a people-centered government should realize in its context, while surprisingly enough, all those concepts were realized in practice during the time when Imam Ali ran his God-centered government.