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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 .
All orthodox Twelver Shia Muslims follow the Islamic rulings of a Grand Ayatollah. Under Saddam Hussein , the clerics were oppressed. At present, the most prominent among them is Ali al-Sistani ; who also serves as the head of the Najaf Seminary .
March 3, 2008 May 31, 2008 Osman Osmani: May 31, 2008 May 15, 2010 Musa Khan: May 16, 2010 2015 Mohammad Aman Hamimi: 2015 July 30, 2016 [1] Abdul Karim Matin: July 30, 2016 February 16, 2018 [2] Wahidullah Kalimzai: June 01, 2018 May 28, 2021 [2] Mohammed Daoud Laghmani: May 29, 2021 [3] August 12, 2021 Mullah Mohammadzai (Sadiq) 2021 [4] 7 ...
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.
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 ...
The posts include photos of Trump and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s political leader who also serves as deputy prime minister in Afghanistan. These claims are mostly true, but lack ...
Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Saturday to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence.
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.