saeid saki

Security constitutes one of the fundamental aspects of interaction among humans begins on which a large number of research works have taken place. The ideological deviation and the growth of deviant intellectual trends have always been the major factors in undermining security at national and international levels. From among these deviant trends mention should be made of the Wahhabi school of thought, which - by outlining a Salafi-Takfiri interpretation of Islam - has been supporting radical terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Taliban and the ISIS, causing insecurity in the Muslim world and being recognized as threat to international security. On the other hand, there is the political Islam of Imam Khomeini (RA), which - by relying on true Islamic foundations and teaching - has been trying to create an awareness in world public opinion that what the biased media projects about Islam is false and contrary to the real values that Islam stands for. Moreover, Imam Khomeini’s political Islam is also indicative of the true Islamic teachings vis-à-vis what the deviant Wahhabi-Takfiri trend stands for and projects. The aim of this paper is to make a comparative study of Imam Khomeini’s understanding of political Islam and the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam and the role these two schools have been playing in spreading peace and security and/or being a threat to it at the regional and international levels. The findings of this text-based research work indicate that not only the Salafi-Takfiri interpretation of Islam has not contributed to peace and security, but has, to the contrary, resulted in the formation of terrorist groups by spreading deviated thoughts and encouraging hatred and animosity towards those who do not approve of their views and thoughts. Contrary to what Wahhabism and it Salafi-Takfiri interpretation of Islamic teachings has been trying to spread, Imam Khomeini’s politicalIslamstands for such principles and values as confronting terrorism, human rights, human dignity and peaceful coexistence, etc. as well as promoting peace and security among state-nations.

One of the great problems of international security is the phenomenon of terrorism that has been in danger life of human beings and relations among nations. In the present era, the Islamic world also faces the issue of growing the flow of terrorism that originated from the teachings of Wahhabism and has caused the killing of human beings with name of Salafism that with attributing himself to Islam and the Quran, it put a serious threat to Islam and Islamic values, in the way that Shows Islam as the manifestation of violence and war, which has shaped the most severe historical destruction against Islam. Saudi Arabia by taking on the theoretical foundations and verbal concepts of Wahhabism is known as one of the most important units supporting terrorism and also as a disturbing of international order. Against the discourse of Wahhabism, there is the political discourse of Imam Khomeini that it has always been the intention of using genuine Islamic principles to stablish peace through identification and elimination of global insecurity elements. The main thing in this article is that each of the two political discourses of Imam Khomeini's political Islam and Wahhabism discourse, what contribution did they have in providing or undermining international security? The research hypothesis can be designed in such a way that due to the radical and takfirist nature of Wahhabism discourse and use of concepts such as elementary jihad in this discourse and unconditional support for terrorist groups as operational arms, Saudi wahabism has been one of the most important factors in creating insecurity in the Middle East and beyond. Against, that political Islam discourse of Imam Khomeini with the principles and peaceful assumptions in its text (Such as the fight against terrorism), has been as one of the most important elements in creating peace and providing international security.