Creating an Islamic State: Khomeini and the Making of a New Iran

by Vanessa Martin

Book Overview

How did the Ayatollah Khomeini create his Islamic state? What were the ideas which drove him and his movement? What organization and methods helped bring him to power? This book analyses the ideaological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly, the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political thinking being influenced by Western sources - his writing on the supreme Islamic Jurist being affected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860649009
• ISBN13: 9781860649004
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"