{"id":30506,"date":"2026-06-21T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=30506"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:48:53","slug":"women-and-family-in-the-thought-of-imam-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/women-and-family-in-the-thought-of-imam-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Women and family in the thought of Imam Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"

## Women and Knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n

### Learning as a Duty and a Necessity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading and learning today are not merely a national duty; they are also a **religious obligation**. Young people, more than any other segment of society, should feel this sacred responsibility. If a person becomes familiar and comfortable with books, reading will no longer be only a religious duty; it will become a **beautiful and enjoyable act**, an urgent need that cannot be postponed, and a means of refining and developing the human personality. At that point, not only youth but all social groups will turn toward reading books with eagerness and enthusiasm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, women today should regard themselves\u2014just like men\u2014as responsible for engaging with books, reading, research, and study, and for examining the issues that people face in daily life. They should also give attention to religious matters, which are among the most essential and self\u2011evident duties. Women are the ones who raise righteous children, and they are the ones who encourage their husbands to enter righteous fields of action. Indeed, many women lead their husbands toward Paradise and rescue them from the problems of this world and the Hereafter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The phenomenon of women pursuing **religious and seminary studies** is a very great and blessed development. Thousands of female scholars, researchers, jurists, and philosophers are being trained in women\u2019s religious seminaries. What a tremendous movement this is. Consider how the materialistic world views women\u2014with a degrading and distorted perspective. In contrast, the presence of Muslim female scholars in different fields\u2014especially pious and conscious university\u2011educated women who are committed to religion and Islamic law\u2014has extremely significant effects on the world and represents a positive reputation for the revolution. Women must therefore study seriously. Of course, the ultimate goal of their studies is not limited to becoming jurists or philosophers; it can also be in the field of **Islamic and Qur\u2019anic knowledge**, which can benefit both themselves and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

—<\/strong><\/p>\n

### The Union of Knowledge with Ethics and Spiritual Values<\/strong><\/p>\n

Combining knowledge with **human compassion and moral values** is essential everywhere. The reason that the highly advanced science of the Western world has been unable to save humanity is that it has been separated from the human dimension.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever knowledge exists without conscience, ethics, spirituality, and human feeling, humanity cannot benefit from it. Knowledge that is detached from morality and spiritual values becomes an **atomic bomb that destroys the innocent**, or a weapon aimed at civilians in Lebanon, occupied Palestine, and other regions of the world. It becomes chemical weapons dropped on **Halabja** and elsewhere, killing women, children, the elderly, the young, humans, and even animals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where did these destructive weapons come from? They were produced in centers of learning. They originated in European countries whose scientists manufactured these materials and placed them at the disposal of regimes that lacked moral restraint. The result is what we have witnessed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, weapons and all types of scientific products are incapable of bringing happiness to humanity, to families, or to young people, children, women, and men. They cannot grant the sweetness of life because they are not accompanied by **ethics and spiritual values**.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the umbrella of Islamic civilization and within the sacred system of the Islamic Republic\u2014which aims to move toward that civilization\u2014we have set before ourselves the goal of **developing knowledge alongside spiritual values**. The sensitivity shown by the West toward our commitment to moral values\u2014labeling our religious adherence as fanaticism or backwardness, and portraying our orientation toward ethical and human principles as opposition to human rights\u2014stems from the difference between our path and theirs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They have developed science\u2014without doubt a great and important achievement\u2014but they did so **separated from ethics and spiritual values**, which led to the results we see today. We, however, want knowledge to develop together with morality. Just as universities are centers of learning, they must also be **centers of religion and spiritual values**, and a university graduate should possess religious commitment just as a seminary graduate does. This is precisely what they dislike.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this reason, for many years they have fabricated accusations against the Islamic Republic and repeated them until listeners themselves became tired of hearing them. They accuse it of fanaticism, rigidity, and \u201cfundamentalism,\u201d claiming that Islam is inflexible and backward. In reality, however, rigidity exists in their own societies, where life has become detached from spiritual values, mercy, compassion, and humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even the family environment in those societies often cannot properly nurture children. Today in many so\u2011called industrially advanced countries there are countless children without guardians, or with guardians yet still fleeing from their homes, wandering the streets at night, committing crimes, smoking, and falling into harmful addictions. This is part of their reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such conditions arise because those societies cannot satisfy genuine human emotions. They are rigid, oppressive, and harsh societies. By contrast, the **Islamic atmosphere** is entirely different. It is filled with mercy and moderation, and it promotes spiritual values and piety. Piety means, among other things, that hearts remain open to healthy human emotions and feelings, accompanied by social harmony, spiritual stability, and inner peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

—<\/strong><\/p>\n

## Women and Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

– The legitimacy of women\u2019s work. <\/strong>
\n– Conditions governing women\u2019s work. <\/strong>
\n– Islamic culture is a culture that **discourages gender mixing**.<\/strong><\/p>\n

—<\/strong><\/p>\n

## Adornment, Beauty, and the Hijab<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Beautification and adornment are **natural and legitimate**. <\/strong>
\n– The limits of beautification and adornment. <\/strong>
\n– The hijab is a source of **freedom and dignity**. <\/strong>
\n– The hijab does not prevent social or scientific advancement. <\/strong>
\n– The necessity of maintaining proper hijab, modesty, and adherence to moral regulations. <\/strong>
\n– Removing the hijab is considered part of **Western cultural influence**.<\/strong><\/p>\n

—<\/strong><\/p>\n

## Women and the Political Role<\/strong><\/p>\n

– The political role of women. <\/strong>
\n– The role of women in social transformations and revolutions. <\/strong>
\n– The role of women in the revolution according to **Imam Khomeini**. <\/strong>
\n– The first popular movement was a **women\u2019s movement**. <\/strong>
\n– The role of the mothers and wives of martyrs and the wounded. <\/strong>
\n– The women\u2019s movement in the Iranian revolution is described as a **Zaynab\u2011inspired movement**.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

## Women and Knowledge ### Learning as a Duty and a Necessity Reading and learning today are not merely a national duty; they are also a **religious obligation**. Young people, more than any other segment of society, should feel this sacred responsibility. If a person becomes familiar and comfortable with books, reading will no longer …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-kids-family-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30508,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30506\/revisions\/30508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}