Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, University of Kharazmi (Tarbiat Moallem), Tehran
Abstract
The Declaration of Human Rights, which is the outcome of predominant political philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries – though rooted in the natural rights –lays strong emphasis on the freedom of expression and faith and seeks the implementation of these rights in the world societies. The formation of the Islamic Revolution in recent years with an ideological, religious nature raised the following question: Is Islam and consequently the Islamic Revolution compatible with the freedom of thought and faith? Probably the historical record of the church in the medieval ages justifies such a question. The present article is an attempt to shed light on the Islamic law’s stance on the said two categories of freedom and also to elaborate on the viewpoints of the founder of the Islamic Revolution on these issues
