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It refers to the fatwa against the acquisition, development and use of nuclear weapons by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [12] While the fatwa originally dates back to the mid-1990s, [ 13 ] the first public issue of it is reported to be that of October 2003, which was followed by an official statement at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy ...
Ali Ahmed Mullah (born 5 July 1947), is the veteran muazzin (caller for prayer) at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the past four decades. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ali Ahmed Mulla is the longest serving muazzin for the Masjid al-Haram and has been following his family tradition in this profession since 1975.
The title of Ayatollah (and other Iranian Shi'i titles) has been "cheapened" in recent decades. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] According to Michael M. J. Fischer , the Iranian revolution led to "rapid inflation of religious titles", and almost every senior cleric was called an Ayatollah. [ 14 ]
When an ayatollah gains a significant following and they are recognized for religiously correct views, they are considered a Marja'-e-Taqlid, which in common parlance is "grand ayatollah". [24] Usually as a prelude to such status, a mujtahid [ note 1 ] is asked to publish a juristic treatise in which he answers questions about the application ...
Mullah (/ ˈ m ʌ l ə, ˈ m ʊ l ə, ˈ m uː l ə /) is an honorific title for Muslim clergy and mosque leaders. [1] The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law .
Prominent figures such as current Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his brother Muhammad Ali Khamenei, Aḥmad Aram, Hadi Khosroshahi, etc. translated Qutb's works. [ 228 ] [ 229 ] In 1984, the Islamic Republic of Iran under Khomeini honoured Qutb's "martyrdom" by issuing an iconic postage stamp showing him behind bars.
Khoei was an "old rival" of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from when the two lived in Najaf, and dismissed Khomeini's theory that Velayat-e faqih—i.e., a ruling jurist should be the basis of Islamic Government—as a "bogus innovation" in Islam according to scholar Vali Nasr. Nasr argues that Khoei's importance in limiting the reach of Khomeini ...
Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi (died 982), Kalbid emir of Sicily; Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian active in the late Ilkhanate era; Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (born 1952), Secretary General of Libya's General People's Congress; Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol (1940–1983), Egyptian poet; Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934 ...