Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes About Islam

Quotes about: Islam

• Islam is politics or it is nothing.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Islam

  "Islamic Revolution" by Bernard Lewis, www.nybooks.com. January 21, 1988.

• When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will realize that Islam is a very political religion. Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Islamic, Government, Political

  "Tahrir al-Wasilah (Volume 1)". Book by Ruhollah Khomeini, 1986.

• Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  War, Mean, Fighting

  As quote in "Holy Terror: Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism" by Amir Taheri, (pp. 241-243), 1987.

• It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's home. Any father marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in heaven.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Girl, Daughter, Husband

• We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Military, Economic Sanctions, Islam

• Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Hands, Joy, Victory

• If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Animal, Islam, Camels

• The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the people or the monarch in such regimes engage in legislation, in Islam the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Islamic, Differences, Government

• Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam....We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Islam, Use, Want

  Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2 (p. 16), 2003.

• These issues that exist among people that we are Iranian and what we need to do for Iran are not correct; these issues are not correct. This issue, which is perhaps being discussed everywhere, regarding paying attention to nation and nationality is nonsense in Islam and is against Islam. One of the things that the designers of Imperialism and their agents have promoted is the idea of nation and nationality.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Iran, Ideas, Issues

  Mehregan Magazine, Volume 12, Numbers 1 & 2 (p. 16), 2003.

• There is no room for play in Islam... It is deadly serious about everything.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Play, Islam, Rooms

  "Man Of The Year: Portrait of an Ascetic Despot", content.time.com. January 7, 1980.

• It's almost impossible to deal with a crazy man, except that he does have religious beliefs, and the world of Islam will be damaged if a fanatic like him should commit murder in the name of religion against 60 innocent people.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Religious, Crazy, Men

• In Islam, the legislative power and competence to establish laws belong exclusively to God Almighty.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Law, Islam, Almighty

• Before the revolution I thought there are appropriate individuals who would do the job according to Islam, therefore I repeatedly said that clerics would go after their own job. Then I saw that most of them were inappropriate individuals and I found out that what I said was not true, so I came and clearly announced that I was wrong.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Jobs, Islam, Saws

  "Imam's Sahife", Volume 18 (p. 241), December 11, 1983.

• In Islam, democracy is included and people are free in Islam, both in expressing their opinions and their actions, until there is no conspiracy and they don't bring up ideas which would deviate Iranian generation.

  Ruhollah Khomeini

  Ideas, People, Islam

  "Imam's Sahife", Volume 5 (p. 468), January 15, 1979.

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