(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - It started with the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. At the time, a senior Iranian cleric who lived in France, late Imam Khomeini (RA), and his followers managed to topple the autocratic government led by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, widely known as the Shah.Jalaluddin Rakhmat, IJABI (Indonesian Jamaah Ahl-ul-bait (AS) Association) advisor, said that the victory gained by Iranian revolutionists was remarkable because it was won without arms or casualties, but with morals.“The Iranian autocratic government was beaten through revolution and ‘Xerox-ation,’” Jalaluddin told Tempo, met at the IJABI secretariat on Thursday, August 30.From his exile in France, Imam Khomeini (RA) spread his speeches, lectures, and sermons copied by Xerox photocopy machines, which were distributed to his followers across Iran.Since then, revolutions have been sparked in Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Middle East. The Saudi Arabian kingdom, known for it large number of Wahabi followers, suspects that Iran is trying to ‘export’ its Shia ideology to the global Muslim country.It is difficult to trace when for the first time Shia teachings entered Indonesia exactly. However, Prof. A Hasjmy in his book, “Shia and Ahlussunah: Power Takeover since Early Islamic History in the Archipelago,” writes that Shia has existed in Aceh since the 800s, or 173 Hejira in the Islamic calendar.The teachings were brought by about a hundred traders from the Persian Gulf, Persia and India, that arrived at Peureulak Port on merchant ships from the Kambey Gulf, Gujarat, led by Captain Khalifah. /129
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It started with the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. At the time, a senior Iranian cleric who lived in France, late Imam Khomeini (RA), and his followers managed to topple the autocratic government led by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, widely known as the Shah.