Comparison of religious democracy of Imam Khamenei's political thoughts With participatory democracy

The present article was prepared based on the political thought of the theory of religious democracy. In this regard, Imam Khamenei considered religious democracy as a gift of Imam Khomeini, and in contrast, democracy was considered one of the regimes in the division of various types of ancient Greek governments, and in Western thought, participatory democracy is the best kind of democracy. It is prominent in the Western world, which is addressed by David Held in his book Models of Democracy. The method of conducting this research was "comparative" and the data collection tool was valuable books in this field and articles available in libraries and reputable websites, as well as sources and reports published by research centers. Is. To determine the degree of importance and prioritization of this comparison, the criteria and indicators of religious democracy based on the ideas of the Supreme Leader with participatory democracy have been used. The main purpose of this study, the main purpose of which was to explain the comparison of religious democracy of Imam Khameneichr('39')s political ideas with participatory democracy, is to investigate this issue to determine; Is there a difference, similarity or contradiction between religious democracy and participatory democracy? Or can we count the indicators of the superiority of the Supreme Leaderchr('39')s idea of ​​religious democracy over participatory democracy? In this regard, after reviewing the researchers, it was found that in the end, religious democracy in general, in terms of basic principles and content, and despite having a special factor such as God-centeredness, in contrast to participatory democracy that is centered Its core is human-centered.