In his book “Fundamentalism or Populism” Ervand Abrahamian attempts to argue that Khomeini, who is traditionally labeled a fundamentalist, is more appropriately titled a populist. He grounds this argument in the fact that throughout history the beliefs of Khomeini have evolved into ones contradictory to his fundamentalist roots. To prove this Abrahamian cites multiple documents published by, or influenced by Khomeini such as the Constitution of the Islamic Republic and Khomeini’s Divine Will and Testament. In both of these documents Abrahamian points to European concepts such as the separation of powers and the safe guarding of private property, as well as populist rhetoric that calls for revolution from the old regime. Although Khomeini bases