Khomeini
1900-1989 89 years
aka: Ayatollah Khomeni; Ruhollah ibn Mustafa
Musawi Khomeini Hindi (original full name)
1900-1989 89 years
aka: Ayatollah Khomeni; Ruhollah ibn Mustafa
Musawi Khomeini Hindi (original full name)
Iranian religious leader
father was from India, murdered when Khomeni was 1
year old.
mother died when he was 15.
married, 7 children, one son was murdered in Iraq.
Shi'a Muslim
spiritual leader of Iran's 1979 revolution against the
Shah and US.
exiled in France
died of cancer in Iran
father was from India, murdered when Khomeni was 1
year old.
mother died when he was 15.
married, 7 children, one son was murdered in Iraq.
Shi'a Muslim
spiritual leader of Iran's 1979 revolution against the
Shah and US.
exiled in France
died of cancer in Iran
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Now Ayatollah Khomeini-type people cannot have any influence in an advanced, cultured country, but they have tremendous power in Iran. The mullas of Iran are the most powerful people there. And the Ayatollah is just a madman! But that madman has become powerful. Now he is doing all kinds of things. People are being killed; people are continuously being killed, butchered, in the name of Islamic justice – as if justice can also be Islamic, Christian and Hindu... --Osho Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen, ch. 14 |