More [important] than anything else is that a person should rectify himself in the Month of Ramadhan. We are in need of self-rectification and self-purification; until the last breath. The messengers are also in need of this. The great Prophets as well. Of course, they understood their needs and acted in pursuit of them. And we, because of being veiled, were not able to comprehend and so did not act upon our responsibilities.
Imam Khomeini
In her famous sermon called “Al-Khuṭbah al-Fadakiyah”, after having spoken about the issue of faith, Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (sa) enunciates the philosophy behind the divine…
The topic I will present here, which is the start of a series of discussions, is with regards to freedom in Islam and the Quran. It is an important Islamic and social discussion. What is the relationship of this topic with the topic of the Islamic government’s responsibilities towards society? …
The topic that we have been exploring in this series is regarding Islamic freedoms, and we have reached the discussion on political freedoms in an Islamic society. Political freedoms in society includes the individuals’ right to vote in this manner that whether it be the ruler, the leader of the society, the guardian of the Islamic system, …
In the discussion on the Islamic perspective on freedom and the boundaries that an Islamic government has the responsibility for putting in place to provide for key Islamic freedoms in society, we mentioned that the western perspective on the concept of ‘freedom’ has many differences from the Islamic perspective …
