Jurnal Al-Dustur
Vol 5, No 2 (2022)

THE SUCCESSFUL OF THEO-DEMOCRACY IN IRAN: SPIRIT OF NEO-REVIVALISM TO BE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC ROLE MODEL

Muhammad Haizul Falah (Universitas Airlangga)
Liza Umami (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2022

Abstract

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a case study of the rise of Muslims inspired by the Islamic Neo-Revivalism movement which views that westernization and modernization are considered to have failed in responding to the political challenges of corruption, economic decline, social injustice, and spiritual malaise, such as the pre-Islamic period. After the success of the 1979 Iranian revolution, it was a turning point in the political and security constellations of Iran and the West which resulted in the emergence of collective inspiration from Muslims around the world for Iran's persistence in implementing theo-democracy principles which the West considered as a setback. This paper is an analytical study using a qualitative-descriptive approach. The results of this study regarding on Iran's theocracy and democracy principles, proved of the successful; a) public participation in politics; b) fulfillment of the rights of women and minorities; c) freedom of the press; d) effectiveness of general elections; e) a puralistic political party system; f) good governance.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

aldustur

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Subject

Arts Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

Al-Dustur is a Scientific Journal published by Department of Constitutional Law in Postgraduate Program of the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Bone as a media of publishing and sharing the results of research and the development of Politic and Islamic Law. This journal contains articles that have ...