eThe Mechanism of Religious Thought and Ideology in ‎Achieving Public Piety in Islamic Governance Officials

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 ‎. PhD student, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding author).‎ saeed.kahya@gmail.com. ‎

2 ‎. Full Professor, Baqir al-Ulum University, Qom, Iran. nlakzaee@isca.ac.ir.‎

10.22081/jislamicgo.2025.71086.1007

Abstract

Ayatollah Khamenei considers the commitment of the Islamic government in the second phase of the Islamic Revolution of Iran to be the formation of an Islamic society aimed at guiding humans towards servitude and spiritual perfection. The officials of optimal Islamic governance, as the leaders of the community, must realize public piety within themselves, which includes three stages: awakening and consciousness, reforming thought and ideology, and fulfilling obligations while avoiding prohibitions. The main and specific question of this research, derived from its title, is: "What is the mechanism of religious thought and ideology in achieving public piety among Islamic governance officials?" One of the methods used to extract the mechanism of religious thought and ideology in achieving public piety in Islamic governance officials is thematic analysis, which falls under the qualitative content analysis method. In this research, after studying and reviewing all statements by Ayatollah Khamenei, 83 foundational themes related to the topic were extracted and organized into 30 organizing themes and 9 overarching themes. The final theme of "The Mechanism of Religious Thought and Ideology in Achieving Public Piety in Islamic Governance Officials" was derived.

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Islamic Governance Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
April 2025
Pages 214-261

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