Quote #22

Familiarize the people with the truth of Islam so that the young generation may not think that the men of religion in the mosques of Qum and al-Najaf believe in the separation of church from state, that they study nothing other than menstruation and childbirth and that they have nothing to do with politics.

More from Ruhollah Khomeini

  1. A corrupt learned person corrupts the world.
  2. Let the illiterate all rise to learn and all literate brothers and sisters rise to teach!
  3. Man needs knowledge as well as education to the end of his life. No man can do without them.
  4. A man who has both knowledge and virtue is happy both here and in the Hereafter!
  5. Let's change machine guns with pens.
  6. Islam is not a dull religion limited to the relation between man and his God, Islam is a political religion. Its politics are mixed up with…
  7. We shall eradicate illiteracy in best possible manner.
  8. It was worse than taking poison.

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