Ma`rifat Siyasi

Having chosen a theoretical approach, this article aims to explicate the cultural role of a religious state. Touching the two conflicting views expressed by Marxism and Liberalism on the intervention of a state in cultural affairs and criticizing the views that oppose the intervention of a state in cultural affairs, it expounds Islam’s point of view in regard with the role of a religious state in cultural affairs. To support his point of view, the author has made use of one Quranic verse, a tradition and the conduct of an infallible. According to this inquiry, a religious state must play a role in disciplining cultural affairs through giving directions and explaining research essentials to those who are in-charge of cultural affairs.