Word: enayat
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...innovator in his application of the Shari'a to contemporary situations. Certainly his justification of the students' seizure of the hostages has no precedent in Muslim jurisprudence. Although he can be mysteriously vague about programmatic approaches to specific political and economic issues, Khomeini has a social philosophy that Hamid Enayat of Oxford sums up in this manner: "The country should be content with a simple way of life. His ascetic example should be the standard for all Iran." Says an American scholar: "He has an earthy sense of justice. He is for private property, cheap'meat and electricity and plenty...
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