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The coalition of the clergy and the intelligentsia during the revolution was, as ever, an uneasy alliance, formed to oppose an enemy, shah and dictatorship, rather than to propose a path to follow. Although Khomeini had described it as a blueprint for an Islamic government, Valayateh Faqih (Rule by a Wise Religious Male Leader) in 1971, in fact it was little more than a criticism of the status quo and promises of a better form of government under the guidance of the clergy.
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© 1994 Homa Omid
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Omid, H. (1994). Valayateh Faqih: A Blueprint for Islamic Government?. In: Islam and the Post-Revolutionary State in Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23246-8_4
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