Essays about: "Khomeini"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Khomeini.

1. 1. Holy Politics : Understanding how religion is instrumentalized in the proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hassan Jaber; [2023]
   Keywords : Religion; Instrumentalism; International conflicts; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist; Wahhabism;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the existing gap in the research of religion in international relations by applying the theory of elite instrumentalism to the proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The analysis was able to demonstrate that the elites of both states have instrumentalized religion by utilizing concepts of Islamic rulership to legitimize their rule and justify their political actions. READ MORE

3. 2. Smart Power in Iran’s Foreign Policy Towards Arab National Security in the Middle East 2003-2015 : Case Studies of Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ali Al Mohammad; [2022]
   Keywords : Smart Power; Foreign Policy; Arab National Security; Islamic Republic of Iran; Iraq; Yemen; Lebanon;

   Abstract : The theme of this research is smart power in Iran’s foreign policy toward Arab national security in the Middle East [Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen]. This important and influential topic was explained and analyzed on the regional and international political scene. READ MORE

4. 3. IRAN -US CONFLICT 2020: LIVE ESCALATION ON TRUMP KILLING OF SOLEIMANI IN IRAQ

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ali Abulahma; [2021-07-20]
   Keywords : Assassination; Escalation; Iraq; Iran; Realism; Liberalism;

   Abstract : This dissertation is engaging and contributes to the contemporary research on the distinguished transformations of American Iranian relations in the post-Soleimani era. It is represented dangerous and unprecedented escalation steps. READ MORE

5. 4. The Post-revolutionary Hierocracy in Iran: Fundamentalism or populism?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Reza Chitsaz; [2015-10-23]
   Keywords : Post-revolutionary Iran; Fundamentalism; Khomeini; Modernity;

   Abstract : Few words are being used so frequently in the study of religion as the word fundamentalism. Even though the term was coined more than a century ago, it was with the establishment of the post-revolutionary hierocracy in Iran that it became part of common language. READ MORE

6. 5. Khomeini and Sufism : Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on the oppression against Sufi Orders in the Islamic Republic of Iran

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Parasto Taffazoli; [2014]
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   Abstract : Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran many Shia Sufi Orders, who are religious groups that exercise the mystical and spiritual elements of Shia Islam, have been forced to exile due to oppression from the government. The largest Sufi Order, The Nematollahi Soltan Alishahi Gonabadi are still in the country, but are oppressed by the Islamic regime; From an arson attack in central Tehran in 1980; The Iranian government being blamed to have imprisoned 11 members of the Soltan Alishahi Order for peaceful activities in 2013 (HRW, 2013); To the odd arrests and physical abuses of the Order’s members in March 2014. READ MORE