No one knows how the current Iranian insurrection, triggered by last month’s disputed presidential election, will end. However, one thing is already clear: The doctrine of walayat faqih (“government of the theologian”), the cornerstone of the Khomeinist system, is dead.

Again, this won’t surprise you if you’ve been paying attention.

No idea why he or his editors use the vaguely—though incorrect—Arabic spelling of walayat faqih. The Arabic word is ولاية, wilâyah, and the correct construction in Arabic would be wilâyat al-fâqih.)

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.