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Ayatollah (UK: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t ɒ l ə /, also US: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t oʊ l ə /; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized: âyatollâh [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh]) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. In Iran, it came into widespread usage in the 20th century. [1] [2]
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 .
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 ...
Then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, second from left, and members of the Taliban's peace negotiation team, in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 21, 2020.
16 May 2020 Dato Hj Yahya bin Ahmad Mufti of Johor (Website: mufti.johor.gov.my) 13 November 2018 Syeikh Fadzil Awang [8] [9] Mufti of Kedah (Website: mufti.kedah.gov.my) 20 July 2017 Mohamad Shukri Mohamad [10] Mufti of Kelantan (Website: muftikelantan.gov.my) 1 January 2008 Abdul Halim Tawil [11] Mufti of Malacca (Website: muftimelaka.gov.my)
The leader of a Christian coalition and political party in Lebanon is calling on the U.S. and its Western allies to deploy troops to Lebanon to help the army dismantle Hezbollah.
Taliban provincial governors [1] [2] [3] Honorific Name Province Notes Mullah: Mohammad Hasan Rahmani: Kandahar Province: Maulavi: Abdul Kabir: Nangahar Province: Second Deputy, Council of Ministers; Head of Eastern Zone; Maulavi: Abdul Jabbar Omari: Baghlan Province: Guarded Mohammed Omar in the years after the US invasion. Maulavi: Norullah ...
That referendum garnered 99.20% approval of the Islamic Republic from Kurdistan, compared to 99.31% nationwide. [ citation needed ] KDPI leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou was barred from joining the Assembly of Experts , the group responsible for writing the new constitution in 1979, despite winning a seat with 34.9% of the vote.