Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the main leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and transformed Iran into an Islamic republic.
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Trending topics shown first"In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded."
"Islam proclaims monarchy and hereditary succession wrong and invalid. When Islam first appeared in Iran, the Byzantine Empire, Egypt, and the Yemen, the entire institution of monarchy was abolished. I…"
"O nation, wake up! O government, wake up! Everybody wake up! You are all in the Presence of God. Tomorrow , you will be called to account. Do not ignore the blood of our martyrs, and do not quarrel ov…"
"…the author of The Satanic Verses book which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Qu'ran, and all involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I call on all zeal…"
"Most of the wailings of the awliya is caused by the pain of separation and detachment from the Beloved and His Generosity."
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1902
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Birth1989
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