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Imam Khameini: Filsafat Politik Islam, Vilayat-e Faqih, dan Demokrasi Sejati Thaha, Idris
Refleksi: Jurnal Kajian Agama dan Filsafat Vol. 5 No. 1 (2003): Refleksi
Publisher : Faculty of Ushuluddin Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15408/ref.v5i1.40464

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This paper explores the political thought of Imam Khamenei, focusing on Islamic political philosophy, the concept of Vilayat-e Faqih, and its relationship to true democracy. Imam Khamenei, as the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution and a staunch proponent of Vilayat-e Faqih, offers profound insights into political governance based on Islamic teachings. The paper will first explain Imam Khamenei’s Islamic political philosophy, emphasizing principles of justice, Sharia-based leadership, and the central role of scholars in governance. It will then discuss the concept of Vilayat-e Faqih, the principle of clerical leadership with authority to govern society based on Islamic law. Vilayat-e Faqih is a crucial foundation of the Iranian political system and central to Imam Khamenei’s thought. Next, the paper will explore the relationship between Vilayat-e Faqih and true democracy from Imam Khamenei’s perspective. Although it appears different from Western democratic concepts, Imam Khamenei argues that the Islamic political system implemented through Vilayat-e Faqih can embody the principles of true democracy by emphasizing popular participation and the enforcement of justice. Through a thorough analysis of Imam Khamenei’s political thought, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how Islamic political philosophy, the concept of Vilayat-e Faqih, and the principles of true democracy interact and influence one another within the framework of contemporary politics.
DISRUPTIVE RELIGION AND ETHICAL OPPOSITION: THE FORCE OF MORAL AUTHORITY IN INDONESIA’S DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION Billahi, Savran; Thaha, Idris; Suryani, Suryani; Fachriza, Mohammad Ezha
JWP (Jurnal Wacana Politik) Vol 11, No 1 (2026): JWP (Jurnal Wacana Politik) January
Publisher : Universitas Padjadjaran

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24198/jwp.v11i1.68917

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This article argues that democratic consolidation in Indonesia cannot be explained solely through the performance of formal institutions. By foregrounding ethical opposition as a missing variable in dominant consolidation theories, it shows that democracy has also been sustained by a normative infrastructure that legitimizes critique beyond institutional arenas. Based on qualitative historical analysis of Abdurrahman Wahid’s and Ahmad Syafii Maarif’s oppositional practices under the New Order and in the post-Reformasi period, the article finds that moral authority enabled non-institutional opposition to constrain state power, normalize dissent, and protect democratic quality. While both figures articulated a corrective and non-subversive mode of opposition, they operated through different mechanisms: Wahid’s opposition was embedded in organizational networks that generated more direct institutional effects, whereas Syafii Maarif’s opposition worked primarily through discursive and normative interventions shaping the moral boundaries of democratic politics. Using the lens of disruptive religion, the article shows that religion functioned not as a political ideology but as a source of moral legitimacy compatible with democratic stability