1- Turning to Western Culture

Imam Khomeini, as the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was not like the intellectuals and leaders of other Islamic movements who emphasized the need for complete submission to the West, nor like the thinkers who rejected any use of Western tools and techniques. Rather, the Imam's view of the West and its culture can be divided into two areas: cultural and technical. In the technical and instrumental areas, he emphasized the need to use human experiences, but in the area related to human and social identity and intellectual and cultural foundations, he considered any imitation of the West and self-destruction to be the main cause of the misery of Eastern and Islamic societies.

2- Division

From the perspective of Imam Khomeini (RA), creating division is a policy of colonialism that must be fought against. Stirring up religious and sectarian differences is only in the direction of the policy of the enemies of Islam. It is in the shadow of maintaining unity that the enemies of Islam can be suppressed and Muslims can be restored to their lost dignity. In this case, the hand of the superpowers will be cut off from the Islamic countries and the establishment of the Islamic government will be achieved: "Islam came to unite all the nations of the world, Arabs, non-Arabs, Turks, Persians, all together and establish a great nation in the world called the nation of Islam, so that those who want to gain dominance over these Islamic states or Islamic centers, will not be able to do so through the great community of Muslims from every tribe. The plan of the great powers and their affiliates in the Islamic countries is: to separate these Muslim groups, among whom God Almighty has created brotherhood and has called the believers in the name of brotherhood, and to separate them from each other, but rather to make them enemies of each other under the name of: the Turkish nation, the Kurdish nation, the Arab nation, the Persian nation. And this is exactly contrary to the path of Islam and the path of the Holy Quran. All Muslims are brothers and equals and none of them is separate from each other. All of them should be under the banner of Islam and under the banner of monotheism. Those who, in the name of nationality, sectarianism, and nationalism, divide Muslims are the armies of Satan and helpers of the great powers and opponents of the Holy Quran.

The unclean hands that are trying to create discord between Shiites and Sunnis have sought to limit the impact of the Islamic Revolution and prevent its effects from spreading in Sunni areas (both its oil-rich areas and the countries fighting Israel).

3- Distortion of Islam and religious concepts

As Islamic societies gradually moved away from the original Islamic concepts and teachings and the initial message of justice-seeking Islam changed, this school slowly deviated and became stagnant. Valuable concepts such as justice, equity, jihad, martyrdom, the good cause, etc., were either corrupted or forgotten because they were dangerous to those in power. Instead, issues such as fate and predestination, the creation or antiquity of the Quran have been the most important issues of religious and Islamic thought for many years. Through such issues, people's religious concerns have been controlled and have become the focus of intellectuals' attention. On the other hand, sectarian and Arab tendencies, the introduction of Greek thoughts and ideas and non-Islamic culture, and inspiration from Western education and worldviews have isolated Islamic ideals. Later, these issues led to the perception that Islam is not compatible with the contemporary era. Most of the educated, unaware of the rich treasures and accumulations of their Islamic culture, saw the key to development and even salvation of society in adopting Western sciences, values, and philosophy. In a meeting with some officials, the Imam points out that the enemies have seen their way to salvation in either the absence of Islam in these countries or at least its lack of content. Although they have not succeeded in the first part, they have succeeded in emptying Islam of its content. (Sahifa Noor, Vol. 20, p. 118). “Islam is the religion of the mujahideen who are in pursuit of truth and justice, the religion of those who want freedom and independence, the school of fighters and people against colonialism. But they have introduced Islam in a different way... In order to take away the revolutionary and vital nature of Islam and prevent Muslims from striving and moving and mobilizing... They have propagated that Islam is not a comprehensive religion, it is not a religion of life, it does not have systems and laws for society. It has not brought a way of government and laws of government. Islam is only the rules... It also has ethics, but it has nothing about the life and administration of society.”

4- Leaders of Islamic countries

“One of the obstacles in the way of the awakening movement is the rulers and leaders of Islamic countries. They consider the establishment of pure Islam to be contrary to their personal and governmental interests, the problem of Muslims is the governments of Muslims. It is these governments that have brought Muslims to this day...”.
"The black and shameful record of the ruthless rulers of Islamic countries is evidence of adding pain and misery to the half-hearted body of Islam and Muslims."

5 - The petrification and stagnation of the holy icons

The Imam mentions the holy icons as one of the obstacles to Islamic knowledge and awakening, and considers it necessary to recognize and fight against them for the spread of Islam: "...America and arrogance have people up their sleeves in all fields. In the seminaries and universities, the holy icons, whose danger I have warned about time and again, are destroying the content of the revolution and Islam from within with their deceit. They introduce everyone as irreligious with the appearance of being right and supporting religion and guardianship. We must seek refuge in God from their evil... Today, the world is thirsty for pure Muhammadan Islam."
"Today, Muslim society has become such that fake saints prevent the influence of Islam and Muslims and attack Islam in the name of Islam... They spread their spirit and thoughts in society in the name of Islam...."

6 - Intellectuals

Just as petrification and rigidity from the perspective of