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- Introduction
- Great Women of the World
- Hazrat Fatima Zahra
- The anniversary of Hazrat Fatima’s birthday and Women’s Day
- The divine personality of Hazrat Fatima Zahra
- Hazrat Fatima Zahra’s home and its blessings
- The way of life of Hazrat Fatima
- The Philosophy of Imamate as held by Hazrat Fatima Zahra
- The complete texts of messages and some speeches given on the occasion of Women’s Day Imam Khomeini’s Message on Women’s Day
- 16 May 1979
- 17 May 1979
- 5 May 1980
- 24 April 1981
- 14 April 1982
- 12 March 1985
- 2 March 1985
- Hazrat Khadija
- Hazrat Zaynab
- Hazrat Maryam
- The status and rights of women in the Islamic system
- The status of and esteem for women in Islam
- Women’s rights in Islam
- Women’s role in the establishment of an Islamic society
- Women’s activities in the social and political arenas
- Women and Education
- Freedom of women in the Islamic system
- Islamic dress (hijab)
- Advice for safeguarding and perpetuating the Islamic movement
- Complete Texts of some of Imam’s Speeches Concerning the Position and Rights of Women in the Islamic System
- Address to a group of women in Qum
- Imam’s address to a group of ladies from Qum
- The Role of the Family and Women in Nurturing Human Being
- The serious attention accorded all dimensions of family life by Islam
- The important role played by mothers in the proper upbringing of children
- The importance and honour of motherhood
- The negative effects of separating children from the care of their mothers
- The importance of the family and the duty of the parents to prevent children from straying
- Good conduct towards family members is recommended
- Complete texts of some of Imam’s speeches about the role of the family and women in the training of the next generation
- 13 May 1979
- 26 May 1979
- 11 June 1979
- 16 March 1981
- The role of women in the victory of the Islamic revolution
- The transformation undergone by women during the Islamic revolution
- Women at the forefront of the movement encouraging the men
- The women’s brave presence in the demonstrations and their participation in the movement
- The women’s financial aid to the deprived
- Complete texts of some of Imam’s speeches on the role of women in the victory of the Islamic revolution
- 6 May 1979
- 10 May 1979
- 3 July 1979
- 18 August 1980
- 23 May 1981
- 8 April 1984
- Women and the Sacred Defence, Jihad
- Defence of Islam and the Islamic country, incumbent on women
- Military training for women
- Women’s presence on the fields of battle
- The sacrifices made by women during the sacred defence
- Martyrdom and the martyrdom-seeking spirit of women
- Women’s role behind the front lines and their support for the fighters
- The crimes perpetrated against women and the plots devised against them by imperialism and the Pahlavi regime
- Loss of self-esteem and Westernisation
- Unveiling
- Women’s entry into rubber-stamp parliaments and other assemblies
- Imam’s telegram to the Shah
- Telegram to Assadollah `Alam
- The opinion of the maraji’-i taqlid and the Grand Ayatullahs of the Qum religious seminary on the decree concerning the Provincial and County Council elections which opposed both shari’a and statute law
- Claims made about equal rights for women
- Conscription of girls into the military
- Mixing of the sexes
- The pretence of women’s freedom during the regime of the taghut
- Complete texts of some speeches about the crimes perpetrated against women and the plots devised against them by imperialism and the Pahlavi regime
- 16 May 1979
- 30 September 1979
- 10 September 1980
- Index of References
The Position of Women from the Viewpoint of Imam Khomeini (r.a.)
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Translator(s): Juliana Shaw Behrooz Arezoo
Publisher(s): The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeinis Works
Category: Women
Topic Tags: Women Islam Position
Person Tags: Imam Khomeini
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This text comprehensively outlines the Position of Women from the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini (r.a.). Starting with acknowledging the Great Women of the World, such as Hazrat Fatima Zahra, the compilation then covers the status and rights of women in Islam as well as the role of women in their families, and the Jihad of a woman, specifically giving examples from women during the time of the Islamic Revolution.
Introduction
The history of mankind overflows with instances of tyrannical acts perpetrated against the deprived and meek of the earth by oppressors and men of power. Every so often, it was the oppressed who, heeding the call of a venerable descendant of the family of the prophets and saints, rose up in anger against those practicing injustice and by sacrificing their lives and enduring immense hardships allowed the people of the world to enjoy a breath of the fresh air of justice and equity.
Before very long, however, the stench from the fetid water of pride and arrogance, diffused by riches, power and deceit, once again dispersed the sweet savour of justice, stifling the justice seekers.
Women meanwhile, as half of mankind, have been made to suffer additional injustice - the description of which calls for a book thicker than that needed to record the oppression suffered by mankind in
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