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Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. Qom. Iran
Abstract
The challenge of the nation-state system with the Imamate-Ummah system in the Islamic Republic of Iran originates from the formation of political societies influenced by various prevailing conditions. Consequently, the defining elements of a political society differ across various societies. Following the Westphalian era and the rise of the dominant hegemony of political schools, Western states presented the nation-state model as the desired paradigm for the political structure of countries. With the advent of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, based on intellectual foundations derived from revealed teachings (contrary to the prevailing ideologies of the modern world), a new model of political systems emerged, tied to the general norms of society on the one hand, and to the innate values accepted by human beings on the other. The “Imamate-Ummah” model, with new revealed and rational components, and in deep connection with the masses, considers its ultimate goal to be social human development on the one hand, and the formation of a new Islamic civilization on the other. Due to the differences between these two models, this article aims to analyze some of the challenges of these two systems in practice drawing upon an analytical-descriptive method.
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arab,H. and Omidi Noghlebari,M. (2025). The Challenge of the “Nation-State System” with the “Imamate-Ummah System” in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Islamic Government, 30(1), 61-90.
MLA
arab,H. , and Omidi Noghlebari,M. . "The Challenge of the “Nation-State System” with the “Imamate-Ummah System” in the Islamic Republic of Iran", Islamic Government, 30, 1, 2025, 61-90.
HARVARD
arab H., Omidi Noghlebari M. (2025). 'The Challenge of the “Nation-State System” with the “Imamate-Ummah System” in the Islamic Republic of Iran', Islamic Government, 30(1), pp. 61-90.
CHICAGO
H. arab and M. Omidi Noghlebari, "The Challenge of the “Nation-State System” with the “Imamate-Ummah System” in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Islamic Government, 30 1 (2025): 61-90,
VANCOUVER
arab H., Omidi Noghlebari M. The Challenge of the “Nation-State System” with the “Imamate-Ummah System” in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Islamic Government, 2025; 30(1): 61-90.
