Victory Of Islamic Revolution Research Articles

The Effect of Islamic Revolution on the Muslim’s Intellectual Schools Case Study of Libya and Tunisia

Nowadays the discussion of intellectual schools in the world, especially in the north of Africa is very important for the political analysts. The intellectual roots that existed in these regions from the beginning of independence were more toward the Islam. These roots mostly revealed themselves after the victory of Islamic revolution. The formation of Iran’s Islamic revolution on the top of west and east blocks’ mutuality was a paradigm of general direction of religions and Islamic values for forming the government. This article uses description- analytic method to investigate the effects of Islamic revolution on the Muslim’s intellectual schools in the north of Africa. Two main questions are How and in what direction has the Islamic revolution happening affected the Muslim’s intellectual schools in Libya and Tunisia? Findings of the research shows that with regards to the Muslim’s intellectual backgrounds that before the Islamic revolution existed, in these countries Islamic revolution caused the reinforcement and doubled motivation for these groups. But, yet the reinforcement of the activity of these groups caused their mutuality with the government and increase of violence and insecurity.

The Explanation of Principles and Elements of Religious Democracy with Emphasis on Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran

After the victory of Islamic Revolution in 1979 in Iran, a new type of government was established which emphasized religious authority along with democratic aspects which is now known as “religious democracy”. Therefore, to explain the essence of this type of government one could state that religious democracy is a new interpretation of Islam in which the political aspects of Islam as a complete and comprehensive religion are considered, emphasis is on political affairs of a religious society and social and political authority of Islam is included so that it simultaneously has political and religious legitimacy in it. The primary question in the present paper revolves around explanation of principles and elements of religious democracy and better and more precise examination of its indicators in constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n2s1p79