Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

The Elements of Imam Khomeini’s Ijtehadi Method and their Roles in Generating Political Thought and Solving Political problems

Document Type : Research Paper

Author
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bagheralolum University
Abstract
In Imam Khomeini’s thoughts, validity and legitimacy of political life is in accordance with religious texts. The main question of this article is that how religious texts are related to various political problems and issues? In other words how can a stable religious text make a logical relation to unstable events? What are characteristics of Imam Khomeini’s Ijtehadi method of using jurisprudence(Figh) in theoretical and practical politics? This article claims that Imam Khomeini’s dynamic Ijtehadi method is capable of producing religious commands (by interacting texts and political life). In this article we try to investigate characteristics and elements of Imam Khomeini’s Ijtehadi method and their effects on producing political-jurisprudential knowledge.
 
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Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Winter 2015
Pages 79-104

  • Receive Date 02 November 2014
  • Revise Date 09 December 2014
  • Accept Date 04 February 2015