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Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), the leader of the revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979, succeeded in establishing a theocratic state. Forbidding in manner, cunning in strategy, and merciless toward his enemies, Khomeini dominated the new Islamic state, his unsmiling face seemingly everywhere.
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© 2008 Marvin Perry and Howard E. Negrin
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Khomeini, A.R. (2008). Islam is Not a Religion of Pacifists. In: Perry, M., Negrin, H.E. (eds) The Theory and Practice of Islamic Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230616509_5
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