Resistance Must Evolve into a Knowledge System

Speaking to Hawzah News Agency in Mashhad on the eve of Aban 13, a day marked by anti-arrogance activities across Iran, Qaemi Nik said the resistance movement must develop its own “knowledge system” to shape disciplines such as jurisprudence, philosophy, economics, and political science.

“The main problem today is that resistance is visible in field actions and public slogans, but it has not entered the domains of science, theory-building, and academic structures,” he stated.

Qaemi Nik stressed that while public participation in rallies and marches reflects the vitality of resistance, the movement’s intellectual and scientific dimensions remain underdeveloped. “The issue of resistance must become an academic course, a research focus, and a topic for theses and knowledge production,” he added.

He called for the establishment of a “scientific front of resistance,” bringing together elites and research centers across the Islamic world. “This gap is not limited to Iran; it exists globally. Therefore, scientific centers devoted to resistance must unite to fill this neglected area,” he said.

The university official further underlined the importance of scholarly collaboration among academics and seminarians from Muslim countries and other nations sympathetic to the cause of resistance. “Such civilizational dialogue takes time but will have lasting and strategic effects,” he noted.

Qaemi Nik also highlighted the need for diplomatic backing to strengthen this intellectual front. “The experiences of professors and students concerning Palestine and Gaza show that if field activities evolve into knowledge production, the impact of resistance will become deeper and more sustainable,” he explained.

He concluded by urging Iran’s diplomatic and political institutions to facilitate international scientific cooperation centered on resistance. “Filling the theoretical and scientific void of resistance is essential for expanding and deepening this concept globally,” Qaemi Nik said. “Our academic and seminary elites must shoulder this responsibility seriously.”