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2-Introducing New Criteria for Governance, Different from Those of East and West
The Islamic Republic, which is the outcome government of the Islamic
Revolution, offered the notion of negation of both great camps of those days,
which manifested in the form of two superpowers and had divided the world
countries into two blocs under their domination. The main slogan of the Islamic
Revolution in this regard was "neither East, nor West" which was an expression
of opposition to the permutation of forces under the umbrella of two
superpowers. In other words, the Islamic Republic would not follow the Eastern
and Western models and therefore negated any alliance, covert or overt, with
the said blocs, for it has its own independent values and principles, which are
supported by the people. The main reason of the hostility of both the
superpowers with the newly-established Islamic Republic was the fact that it
introduced a new model to the thoughtful, free human beings, particularly the
Muslims. The Islamic Republic has two aspects, that is, "Republic" and
"Islamic". The term republic is a known concept in political systems in which
the "people" form the basis and pillar of the political system. The combination
of Islam with republic, demonstrates a new kind of political system. Although
it was not unprecedented and some of the Islamic countries had already
established republican systems, the new system was really unknown in the world
because of its peculiar features, that is, genuine Islam and true participation
of the people in the political processes.
"Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the world had
experienced two kinds of political systems and accepted them: one, the Western
democracies, and second, the socialist systems the Eastern and Western blocs
fiercely opposed and antagonized each other. But when the Islamic Republic was
established as a new form of government, both the blocs astonishingly and then
in a horrified manner confronted it! What was the reason? The reason was that
the Islamic Republic enjoyed certain features that would negate both the
prevailing systems in those camps, considering them unfit and harmful for man's
life and it announced it. In other words, the two political systems
prevailing the East and West had some commonalities and the public culture was
similar in those countries, that is, pushing the people towards ignorance and
unleashing the rein of promiscuity and caprices. This was what existed in both
the political systems. This is the common culture of the East and West."[37]
