“Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.” StillsCountryStatesSeemsHappensLeaderRevolutionPreparedDebateWarriorAppealsIslamicIranThinkerFundamentalismEmulateMajesticIslamic StateKhomeini Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience.” CryRevolutionConscienceIslamicIranKhomeiniIslamic Revolution Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“It is not far-fetched to draw a line from Operation Ajax through the Shah's repressive regime and the Islamic Revolution to the fireballs that engulfed the World Trade Center in New York.” WorldLinesNew YorkRevolutionDrawsTradeOperationsIslamicRegimesWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterAjaxIslamic Revolution Author:Stephen Kinzer
“The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single Islamic slogan. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.” MenWantTryingFactsStrongReligiousRevolutionWeaponsMen And WomenIslamicDividesVery StrongSecularSlogansUnified Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“The main thing is that Ataturk saw the desperate condition of the countries that had not had an industrial revolution. Ataturk saw where history was going. He really did in Turkey what we are all hoping somebody will do in [Islamic] countries where fundamentalists thrive, that they get somebody today that has the vision that Ataturk had in 1915.” CountryTodayVisionSawsConditionsRevolutionIslamicDesperateThriveTurkeysIndustrial RevolutionAtaturk Author:Ahmet Ertegun
“There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.” MenWantFactsStrongRevolutionWeaponsMen And WomenIslamicDividesVery StrongSecularEgyptSlogansUnified Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.” WorldRevolutionWaveIslamicIslamic Revolution Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad