Imam Khomeini was unique among all the scholars and men of the religious knowledge. He rushed to relieve us of burden of straying and of the suffering of losing the target and being without a method.
That the Iranians stage a revolution under the banner of Islam was and is a very deep transformation, which seems rather strange on a planet almost conquered by the idea of separation of religion and state.
The reformist and revivalists movements both seek change; the reason being that in the view of its advocates there has been a rupture between Muslim societies and Islamic principles.