Imam, a flag bearer of truth

A sunni scholar and prayers leader

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The story of delivering Imam Khomeini’s letter to Gorbachev

strengthen your relations with all strata of people, especially the clergy.

The promise of victory to the oppressed

We hope to succeed in the light of our reliance on Allah and our unity

Human being is plagued with the evil of self-love, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, the vice of ‘ujb is the product of self-love; since the human being is plagued with the evil of self-love, it is the source of all human faults and moral vices.

Brotherhood and not leadership