A Comparative Approach to the Political Thoughts of Muhaqqiq Karaki and Saint Augustin

Public rights is one of the pivotal issues posing a serious challenge to a religious system of government in facing secular thought. This article aims to explain the religious thought in the realm of public rights, and to study points of similarities and differences between thoughts of Muhaqiq Karaki and St. Augustin, with an emphasis on the fact that Christianity and Islam are two Abrahamic religions and St. Augustin in Christianity and Muhaqqiq Karaki in Shi‘i Islam are the two distinguished figures, among others, in these two religions. The present research work deals with the points of similarities and differences which are addressed in seven categories as follows: the necessity of Divine guidance for the community, the ideal government, the position of culture and enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, government and financial affairs, defense, war and peace and law.