• Experience of Iraqi Talks
    • 107 – August: Beginning of official talks between Iran and the United States – 1981, 108 – December: Granting credit to Iraq to purchase ...
    • America and the Weapon of Talks
    • Great Deal Approach: In 2003, Sadeq Kharrazi proposed the idea of great deal to Swiss Ambassador in Tehran, but the American officials by following the policy of ...
    • Islam’s Objectives
    • Based on what we have said in in previous sections it can be said that piety and truth seeking dominate Islam’s religious politics. Providing material welfare, dignity and freedom based on ...
    • Public Resources for the Destitute
    • In a letter to his governor in Mecca Qutham ibn Abbas, Imam Ali advices him to spend public resources for the destitute: “Beware of National Purse, spend its money on those who have numerous families, the hungry and the poor and destitute. If any ...
    • Supporting the Poor
    • Liberalism requires those who have dropped behind in the brutal completion of the free market be left alone. Spending the government’s budget or a portion of the income of other people for ...
    • Commanding Good and Prohibiting Evil
    • In the Islamic society everyone is responsible for promoting values and reforming and eliminating ethical vices. This collective duty which serves as a public supervision is called the principle of ...
    • Objectives of Enforcing Islamic Laws
    • According to this saying, Imam has been given the mission to enforce Islamic law and distribute resources justly in addition to guiding and directing the society. In another narration, ...
    • Enforcing Divine Laws and Fix Penalty (Hadd)
    • Another objective of the Islamic government is to enforce divine laws and fix penalty. Many Islamic laws need the backing of an executive power. Executing Islam’s criminal laws such as ...
    • Leading the Society towards Perfection
    • Imam Ali also says “Imam should teach faith and boundaries of Islam to people under his rule.” – And, “Supreme happiness is to make attempt to reform affairs of all and educate the public.” – Regarding the duties of the ruler, Imam Ali says, ...
    • Education
    • As said earlier, the most important difference between the view of modern theoretician and Islam towards government is that the modern theories consider the issues of ...
    • Scientific Progress
    • Education is another objective of the theocracy. Qur’an says “[God] purified them [unlettered] and taught them the Book.” (Al-Jumu`ah: 2). Education and teaching education as well as ...
    • Economic Self-sufficiency
    • Islam has a moderate view towards freedom. According to Islamic principles, freedom is not the ultimate purpose and value. It is means for man to consciously move towards ultimate perfection because of his own accord. Based on ...
    • Development and Eradicating Poverty
    • Is providing the material needs of the society and managing people’s livelihood, particularly supporting the poor, among the duties of the government? Or a personal endeavor? The truth is that Islam attaches great importance to ...
    • Freedom and Liberalism
    • Therefore Islam has a moderate view towards freedom. According to Islamic principles, freedom is not the ultimate purpose and value. It is means for man to consciously move towards ...
    • Freedom
    • Many modern theoreticians of the philosophy of politics believe that apart from security, freedom is the most important objective that a government must strive to achieve. According to this view freedom takes ...
    • Does End Justifies the Means?
    • The responsibility of learned men towards oppressed people of the society. According to Islam, responsible elite and scholars of the society have the responsibility of defending the rights of the oppressed in addition to ...
    • Justice
    • Although Islam recognizes security as solidifier of all social activities, but the ideal of a theocracy is security along with justice. Sustainability of government and security also depends on ...
    • Security Issues in Previous Goverments
    • By giving people hope that the last divine Hojjat (proof) would establish the government of justice at the opportune time, they kept the thought of establishing a government based on truth, justice and ...
    • Enforcing Law in Islam
    • The ideal of a government is to pass and enforce laws in a just manner. But if this objective cannot be achieved for any reason, establishing a government to safeguard the security of the people and ...
    • Objectives of a Theocracy
    • Although Imam Reza’s remarks were made with regards to the rule of Innocent Imams, since theocracy in the Era of Occultation metalizes in the form of the rule of the Just Jurisprudence and ...
    • Government’s legitimacy
    • Muslims, however, disagree about the source of government’s legitimacy: some believe that the ruler is appointed by God. The other groups do not agree with this view but there are no ...
    • Tax system in Islam
    • Since Islam is the last religion, its tax systems are everlasting and in effect until doomsday. On the other hand, the establishment of a government by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the best proof of relation between religion and politics. In addition to ..
    • Duties of Theocracy from Religious Point of view
    • Carrying out Islam’s criminal laws such as fix punishment (Hadd), blood money (restitution) and Equal Retaliation (Qisas) and also the holy duty of Jihad (fighting with the enemies of Islam and defending Muslims’ lands and rights) is not possible ...
    • Islamic Jurisprudence
    • Islamic jurisprudence and the formation of Islamic government are among the most important precepts in Islam. It is prior to other Islamic precepts such as even praying and fasting. Some, however, have likened Islamic jurisprudence to ...
    • Religious Democracy
    • The need for the organs of the government stem from the fact that human beings are not satisfied with what they have. They may be selfish and aggressive. Therefore, the society needs laws. But mere good laws are not enough; we need ...
    • Fundamental Theories of Extra-Religious Approach
    • Extra-religious approach seeks to find out through rational analysis and deduction that what kind of government is required according to psychological realties and personal as well as social aspects of man’s life, without ...
    • Views of Hobbes and Machiavelli and Liberalism
    • It should be mentioned that the views of Hobbes and Machiavelli are in contrast with liberalism. Liberalist views are optimistic about man, but the views of Hobbes and Machiavelli are based on ...
    • Liberal Democracy
    • In liberal democracy, all decisions are equal in the domain of values. The argument that certain “Good” are more ...
    • Farabi’s Viewpoint on Happiness
    • Greek philosophers maintain that although city is established to fulfill the basic needs of life (mainly economic needs), its survival is meant for fulfilling a good life, that is, ...