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Article: AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI, MOHAMMED'S ZEALOT.(Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah. Baqer Moin. I.B. Tauris. [pounds]24.95. 352 pages. ISBN 1-85043-128-0.
Ayatollah Khomeini, the political and religious zealot, who turned Iran into a militant Islamic republic, still casts a dark shadow over the lives of the Iranian people ten years after his death. Despite the early hopes of a new dawn, the despotic, intolerant theocracy he created remains largely in place, out of step with its neighbours and at odds with much of the rest of the world.
This book, a balanced, well-written study by the head of the BBC Persian service is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand or explain the fanaticism of this ...