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The assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is not a loss for Iran alone, but a shock to the entire Muslim Ummah. His was a bold voice against the illegal Zionist occupation of Palestinian land as well as the US interference in the region, which he viewed as a major global injustice.
Unlike the foundational revolutionary Ruhollah Khomeini, Ali Khamenei was a voice of unity among Muslims all over the world. To understand the weight of this moment, one must return to 1979. When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led the Iran Revolution, he did more than topple a monarchy. He challenged the prevailing global model of governance. At a time when secular nationalism dominated political thought, Khomeini insisted that Islam was not merely a spiritual path but a complete system capable of regulating public life, law, justice and foreign policy.
His doctrine of Wilayat al-Faqih — the Guardianship of the Jurist — institutionalised this belief. It placed ultimate authority in the hands of a religious scholar who, in........