The above head line is the name of a subject study under the key program of History, politics and philosophy, and is one of my subjects this semester. It is about the resurgence of Islam in the world politics today. I have the subject on Wednesdays.
Why do i say this here? Because today, our lecturer was talking about Iran and the so-called Islamic Revolution of 1979 which toppled the Monarchy Regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and replaced it with the Islamic Republic of Iran as the world knows it today. He believed we, the majority of Iranian people, were Muslims and still are, which is true, and because of our strong Islamic values, we supported the Ayatollah Khomeini and established the Islamic Republic. He also believed that the Ayatollah was more a Muslim than a politician. I strongly rejected his idea.
After a bit of discussion about the political situation in Iran at the moment, we reached the conclusion that the current spiritual leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khamenei, like his predecessor the late Ayatollah Khomeini, is more a politician than a Muslim!
But, the question is, how good is he? Is he good enough to realise that standing against the people's will is suicide? The answer will remain to be seen.
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