Imam highlighted significance of mosque as culture, social and spiritual site

The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

Imam Khomeini’s decisive decisions which led to revolution victory

A memoirs by Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, Imam’s dear son

Imam had great devotion for reciting holy Quran

A memoir by Ayatollah Khatam Yazdi about Imam Khomeini

Imam organized Ashura ceremony in Nofel Loshato

A memoir by Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashemipour

The years of spiritual and Intellectual Formation of Imam

Martyr Mostafa Khomeini furthered the objectives of Islamic Revolution

The mysterious death of Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini, on October 23, 1977, prepared the grounds for a wave of movement by the people.

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.