Spektrum Iran

Abstrakt One intellectual approach to Peace-Oriented thoughts in the Islamic Republic era is the religiously oriented peace thought, which examines the concept of peace from the perspective of Islam. Thinkers in this school of thought, addressing the roots and contexts of discord and socio-political violence in society, draw upon Islamic texts, including Quranic verses, the Prophet's practices, and the sayings and traditions of Shia Imams, to advocate and prescribe peace, coexistence, tolerance, and forbearance for individuals and socio-political groups. This study, utilizing a theoretical framework and layered methodology in thought analysis, aims to identify these thinkers and their views, encompassing problem identification, proposed solutions, and dimensions rooted in a religious Peace-Oriented approach. The issues raised by religious Peace-Oriented thinkers can be categorized into several themes, including: political disputes and conflicts among individuals and groups, militant interpretations of Islam, application of certain jurisprudential rules to justify killings, official religious interpretations, ideological extremism, infiltration of pre-Islamic tribal violence into Islamic culture, epistemological confusions in understanding religion, and misguided and sanctified ignorance of religion. To address violence and establish peace and peaceful coexistence in society, these thinkers have proposed solutions such as unity, religious democracy, application of war and peace principles based on Shia teachings, pluralism, the proposal of faith-based and monotheistic peace, development of peace theology, and ten epistemological distinctions in understanding religion.