Islamic Seminary Political Knowledge and Its Future: A case study of political thought of jurisprudential Islam

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Assistant professor at Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy

Abstract

Although apparently Islamic seminaries do not follow a course under the title of so-called "political sciences", it has been the Islamic seminary that has presented two socio-political theories in Iran so far and has made it practical in the society. We claim that the existence or non-existence, strength or weakness and being in or out of the context of political thought in Islamic Seminaries is based on the type of attitude to Islam. Therefore, the author has tried to answer the main question of the study which is "What is and will be the place of political thought or knowledge in Islamic seminary?", through a roadmap method that is one of the methods used in futurology (future studies), with this hypothesis that "if Islam is examined from the viewpoint of political-jurisprudential Islam discourse, then, Neither from the perspective of civilizational Islam nor from the perspective of Salafi Islam, we will see the emergence of political thought up to theorizing as well as the establishment of a university and a political college among the clergymen". This paper states: The distinction between seminary thought on politics in terms of trends, factors as well as resource search, the ideal future of political thought based on jurisprudential-political Islam, unlike the other two perspectives, would make political thought and knowledge develop. Thus, through this study, first, the Islamic seminaries, which support political-jurisprudential Islam, will discover their strengths and weaknesses, and there will be an atmosphere for the importance and development of political thought in the Islamic seminaries of the Islamic Republic of Iran based on localization.

Highlights

  1. Imam Khomeini, Rouhollah (1378 SH), Sahifeh Imam, Tehran: the Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works.
  2. Imami, Javad (1381 SH), Memories of Ayatollah Masudi Qomi, Tehran; The Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  3. Borujerdi, Mehrzad (1377 SH), Iranian and Western Intellectuals, translated by Jamshid Shirazi, Tehran: Farzan Rouz Research and Publications.
  4. Jafarian, Rasul (1382 SH), the political authority of Shia, Journal of Zamaneh, no.7&8.
  5. ـــــــــــــــــ (1386 SH), the religious Iranian movements and organizations, from the King Mohammad Reza until the victory of Islamic Revolution, Tehran: Movarekh Publications.
  6. Jalali, Qolamreza (1379 SH), the Hawzah Press and Seminary Students from constitutional to the Islamic Revolution, Journal of Hawzah, no.100.
  7. Javadi Amoli, Abdollah (1386 SH), Shams al-Vahy Tabrizi, practical conduct of Allameh Tabatabaei, Qom: Isra Publications.
  8. Hosseinian, Rouhollah (1380 SH), 20 years challenges of Shia Islam in Iran, Tehran: The Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  9. Khatami, Ahmad (1372 SH), Dimensions of war in Islamic Culture, Tehran: Amirkabir.
  10. Khadouri, Majid (1335 SH), war and peace in Islamic law, translated by Sayyid Qolamreza Saeedi, Iqbal and Shoraka Company.
  11. Khosroshahi, Sayyid  Hadi (1389 SH), Documents of Islamic Movement of Iran, Tehran: Publications of the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  12. ـــــــــــــــــ (1390 SH), Journal of Islamic School narrated by Khosroshahi, Website of Iranian history, http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/4/bodyView/714/
  13. ـــــــــــــــــ (1390 SH), Documents of Islamic Movement of Iran (Be'that), Tehran: Publications of the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  14. ـــــــــــــــــ (1393 SH), Pioneers of written war with Pahlavi, Jahan News Website, http://jahannews.com/vdci5waput1avz2.cbct.html
  15. ـــــــــــــــــ A glimpse at the publishing the religious newspapers in Qom from 1313 SH until the publication of Journal of Maktab Islam in an interview with Prof. Khosroshahi, the last part, Prof. Hadi Khosroshahi's website: www.khosroshahi.org/main/index.php?Page=definition&UID=278098
  16. Derakhsheh, Jalal (1380 SH), a discussion on authority and cleric, Journal of Political Sciences, no.16.
  17. The two schools that the clergy ministries trained, (1392 SH), the analytical news website of Asre Iran, retrieved from http://www.asriran.com/fa/news/294560/
  18. Dawani, Ali (1366 SH), Islamic Revolution Foundations based on the memories, Journal of Yad, vol.2, no.6.
  19. Dehnavi, Mohammad (1363 SH), a collection of written speeches, messages, fatwas of Ayatollah Kashani, vol.5, Tehran: Privately Held Company.
  20. Rahnema, Ali (1384 SH), the religious forces on the context of national movement, Tehran: Game No.
  21. Sotudeh, Amirreza (1374 SH), step to step with the sun, (the saids and unisaids of Imam Khomenini), Tehran: Panjareh Publications.
  22. Soltani Tabatabaei, Sayyid Mohammad Baqir (1370 SH), an interview with Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Soltani Tabatabaei, Journal of Hawzah, no.43 &44.
  23. Soleimani, Marzieh (1384 SH), a serious economy, a discussion on the first novel research and reform-critical ideas on authority and cleric, Hamshahri Newspaper, Azar 23th.
  24. Sha'abanzadeh, Bahman (1384 SH), the oral history of Haqani School, Tehran: the Center for Islamic Revolution's Documents.
  25. Shakouri, Abolfazl (1377 SH), the political jurisprudence of Islam, second print, Qom: the Propagation Office of Qom Seminary.
  26. Shatout, Mahmoud (1354 SH), war and peace in Islam, translated by Sharif Rahmani, Tehran: Ba'that.
  27. Tabatabaei, Sayyid Hadi (1393 SH), the Politics of silent of Shaikh Abdolkarim Ha'eri, retrieved from http://mobahesat.com/1393/06/4567.html.
  28. Isania, Reza (1395 SH), The independence of Islamic Seminary and government of Islamic Republic of Iran, Qom: Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy.
  29. Forati, Abdolvahab (1390 SH), the political knowledge in Islamic Seminary of Qom, Tehran: the Research Institute for Islamic Thought and Culture.
  30. Faramarzi, Fatemeh (1390 SH), religion in Iran in the age of the second Pahlavi, Tehran: Ilm Publications.
  31. Kuhestaninejad, Masud (1381 SH), the challenge of religion and modernism (the process of political-religious thought in Iran in the first half of the 20th century), Tehran: Ney Publications.
  32. Lakzaei, Najaf (1385 SH), the challenge of religious politics and kingdom system, with an emphasis on political thought and practice of Shia scholars in Safavid era, Qom: Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy.
  33. Mohaqiq Damad, Mostafa (1392 SH), the prominent elites education in Qom Seminary, the website of Journalists club, retrieved from http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/4696085/.
  34. Mohaqiq Damad, Mostafa (1393 SH), why Qom Seminary was formed, Aftab news website, at http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/244693//.
  35. The Center for Examination of historical documents in information ministry (1378 SH), 15th Khordad Uprising according to Sawak Documents, Tehran; The Center for Examination of historical documents in information ministry.
  36. Matbuat Baharestan (1390 SH), vol.1, no.1, autumn.
  37. Motahari, Morteza (1385 SH), a collection of works, Tehran: Sadra Publications.
  38. Manzour al-Ajdad, Sayyid Mohammad Hossein (1379 SH), authority in the arena of society and politics, Tehran: Shirazeh Publications.
  39. Musavi Nejad, Sayyid Mohammad (1387 SH), Some pages from management experience in an interview with Prof. Sayyid Mohammad Musavinejad. Journal of Hawzah, no.146.
  40. The Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works (1375 SH), Dalil Aftab, Memories of Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini, Tehran: The Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works
  41. Mirahmadi, Mansur (1392 SH), a consideration of Challenges of political fiqh, Tehran: The Publications of the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought.
  42. Hashemianfar, Sayyid Hassan (1390 SH), Typology of Political behavior of religious authorities, Tehran: Imam Sadeq Institute.
  43. Yazdi, Mohammad (1380 SH), Memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Tehran: the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.

Keywords

References

  1. Imam Khomeini, Rouhollah (1378 SH), Sahifeh Imam, Tehran: the Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works.
  2. Imami, Javad (1381 SH), Memories of Ayatollah Masudi Qomi, Tehran; The Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  3. Borujerdi, Mehrzad (1377 SH), Iranian and Western Intellectuals, translated by Jamshid Shirazi, Tehran: Farzan Rouz Research and Publications.
  4. Jafarian, Rasul (1382 SH), the political authority of Shia, Journal of Zamaneh, no.7&8.
  5. ـــــــــــــــــ (1386 SH), the religious Iranian movements and organizations, from the King Mohammad Reza until the victory of Islamic Revolution, Tehran: Movarekh Publications.
  6. Jalali, Qolamreza (1379 SH), the Hawzah Press and Seminary Students from constitutional to the Islamic Revolution, Journal of Hawzah, no.100.
  7. Javadi Amoli, Abdollah (1386 SH), Shams al-Vahy Tabrizi, practical conduct of Allameh Tabatabaei, Qom: Isra Publications.
  8. Hosseinian, Rouhollah (1380 SH), 20 years challenges of Shia Islam in Iran, Tehran: The Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  9. Khatami, Ahmad (1372 SH), Dimensions of war in Islamic Culture, Tehran: Amirkabir.
  10. Khadouri, Majid (1335 SH), war and peace in Islamic law, translated by Sayyid Qolamreza Saeedi, Iqbal and Shoraka Company.
  11. Khosroshahi, Sayyid  Hadi (1389 SH), Documents of Islamic Movement of Iran, Tehran: Publications of the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  12. ـــــــــــــــــ (1390 SH), Journal of Islamic School narrated by Khosroshahi, Website of Iranian history, http://tarikhirani.ir/fa/news/4/bodyView/714/
  13. ـــــــــــــــــ (1390 SH), Documents of Islamic Movement of Iran (Be'that), Tehran: Publications of the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
  14. ـــــــــــــــــ (1393 SH), Pioneers of written war with Pahlavi, Jahan News Website, http://jahannews.com/vdci5waput1avz2.cbct.html
  15. ـــــــــــــــــ A glimpse at the publishing the religious newspapers in Qom from 1313 SH until the publication of Journal of Maktab Islam in an interview with Prof. Khosroshahi, the last part, Prof. Hadi Khosroshahi's website: www.khosroshahi.org/main/index.php?Page=definition&UID=278098
  16. Derakhsheh, Jalal (1380 SH), a discussion on authority and cleric, Journal of Political Sciences, no.16.
  17. The two schools that the clergy ministries trained, (1392 SH), the analytical news website of Asre Iran, retrieved from http://www.asriran.com/fa/news/294560/
  18. Dawani, Ali (1366 SH), Islamic Revolution Foundations based on the memories, Journal of Yad, vol.2, no.6.
  19. Dehnavi, Mohammad (1363 SH), a collection of written speeches, messages, fatwas of Ayatollah Kashani, vol.5, Tehran: Privately Held Company.
  20. Rahnema, Ali (1384 SH), the religious forces on the context of national movement, Tehran: Game No.
  21. Sotudeh, Amirreza (1374 SH), step to step with the sun, (the saids and unisaids of Imam Khomenini), Tehran: Panjareh Publications.
  22. Soltani Tabatabaei, Sayyid Mohammad Baqir (1370 SH), an interview with Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Soltani Tabatabaei, Journal of Hawzah, no.43 &44.
  23. Soleimani, Marzieh (1384 SH), a serious economy, a discussion on the first novel research and reform-critical ideas on authority and cleric, Hamshahri Newspaper, Azar 23th.
  24. Sha'abanzadeh, Bahman (1384 SH), the oral history of Haqani School, Tehran: the Center for Islamic Revolution's Documents.
  25. Shakouri, Abolfazl (1377 SH), the political jurisprudence of Islam, second print, Qom: the Propagation Office of Qom Seminary.
  26. Shatout, Mahmoud (1354 SH), war and peace in Islam, translated by Sharif Rahmani, Tehran: Ba'that.
  27. Tabatabaei, Sayyid Hadi (1393 SH), the Politics of silent of Shaikh Abdolkarim Ha'eri, retrieved from http://mobahesat.com/1393/06/4567.html.
  28. Isania, Reza (1395 SH), The independence of Islamic Seminary and government of Islamic Republic of Iran, Qom: Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy.
  29. Forati, Abdolvahab (1390 SH), the political knowledge in Islamic Seminary of Qom, Tehran: the Research Institute for Islamic Thought and Culture.
  30. Faramarzi, Fatemeh (1390 SH), religion in Iran in the age of the second Pahlavi, Tehran: Ilm Publications.
  31. Kuhestaninejad, Masud (1381 SH), the challenge of religion and modernism (the process of political-religious thought in Iran in the first half of the 20th century), Tehran: Ney Publications.
  32. Lakzaei, Najaf (1385 SH), the challenge of religious politics and kingdom system, with an emphasis on political thought and practice of Shia scholars in Safavid era, Qom: Islamic Propagation Office of Qom Seminary, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy.
  33. Mohaqiq Damad, Mostafa (1392 SH), the prominent elites education in Qom Seminary, the website of Journalists club, retrieved from http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/4696085/.
  34. Mohaqiq Damad, Mostafa (1393 SH), why Qom Seminary was formed, Aftab news website, at http://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/244693//.
  35. The Center for Examination of historical documents in information ministry (1378 SH), 15th Khordad Uprising according to Sawak Documents, Tehran; The Center for Examination of historical documents in information ministry.
  36. Matbuat Baharestan (1390 SH), vol.1, no.1, autumn.
  37. Motahari, Morteza (1385 SH), a collection of works, Tehran: Sadra Publications.
  38. Manzour al-Ajdad, Sayyid Mohammad Hossein (1379 SH), authority in the arena of society and politics, Tehran: Shirazeh Publications.
  39. Musavi Nejad, Sayyid Mohammad (1387 SH), Some pages from management experience in an interview with Prof. Sayyid Mohammad Musavinejad. Journal of Hawzah, no.146.
  40. The Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works (1375 SH), Dalil Aftab, Memories of Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini, Tehran: The Institute for Preparation and Publications of Imam Khomeini's Works
  41. Mirahmadi, Mansur (1392 SH), a consideration of Challenges of political fiqh, Tehran: The Publications of the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought.
  42. Hashemianfar, Sayyid Hassan (1390 SH), Typology of Political behavior of religious authorities, Tehran: Imam Sadeq Institute.
  43. Yazdi, Mohammad (1380 SH), Memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Tehran: the Center for Documents of Islamic Revolution.
Islamic Knowledge Management
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
December 2019
Pages 149-178

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 08 May 2018
  • Revise Date: 12 December 2018
  • Accept Date: 14 January 2019

Share

How to cite

Statistics