Hossein Noori Hamedani
Shia Islam | |
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Nationality | Iranian |
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Senior posting | |
Based in | Qom, Iran |
Website | www.noorihamedani.com |
He has expressed his disapproval of
Biography
Hosein Nuri-Hamadani was born in
Views and activities
Noori Hamedani has been called "aligned" with the Islamic Republic’s "ultra-conservative establishment" and known for "strongly" backing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on "several occasions — notably during the 2009 protests against the reelection of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad".[7]
Among his reported views are that Iran "must purge universities of anti-Islamic and atheist professors."
in 2006 Hamedani, stated that by not engaging in politics, Sufis weaken Islam, and during another speech to a group of seminarians, claimed "that the adherents of Sufism are 'enemies' of Islam and promoting them in any form is forbidden".[9] (RLRFE reports that Sufi dervishes "houses of worship have been destroyed and members detained" in Iran.[1]
Noori Hamedani made a comment about fighting and vanquishing Jews in 2005 that was later removed from the Fars news agency website. In a meeting with members of the Mahdaviyat Studies Institute (which studies the Shiite doctrine of the
In connection with the Iranian legislature's ratification of a bill on Iranian membership in the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), ISNA reported Nuri-Hamadani issued a statement on 2 August 2003 describing the convention as "calamitous and tragic", as well as "a Western and U.S. ploy to harm Islam." According to him, when the convention was brought to Qom, all the religious authorities opposed it as contrary to Islam.[3]
He called the protest burning of the Quran in Sweden, an illustration that all claims on freedom of expression, like human rights claims, are nothing but a "sheer lie" and a pretext to justify the crimes of the protesters.[10]
In contrast to other hardline views, in 2022 he was quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency as stating in regards to the Mahsa Amini protests, “it is necessary for officials to listen to people’s demands and solve their problems and be sensitive to their rights”.[11]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Esfandiari, Golnaz (20 February 2018). "Clashes Highlight Tensions Between Dervishes And Iran's Establishment". RLRFE. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: 'Fight the Jews and Vanquish Them so as to Hasten the Coming of the Hidden Imam'". No. Iran | Special Dispatch No. 897. MEMRI. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b "RFE/RL Iran Report". Iran Report. 6 (33). 11 August 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Iran's Hardliners Target Universities as Massive Purge Goes On". Iran Focus. 19 November 2005.
- ^ Abdo, Geneive; Aramesh, Arash (4 August 2010). "The Widening Rift Among Iran's Clerics". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ official website
- ^ gooya news :: politics : آيتالله نوری همدانی، از مراجع تقليد: شركت بانوان در مراكز ورزشی آقايان مخالف موازين اسلامی است، ايلنا Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ZIABARI, KOUROSH (9 November 2019). "Iran's most famous Sufi faces fatwa at home". Asia Times. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ ""Western claims on freedom of expression, sheer lie", top cleric". Taghrib News. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Top Iranian cleric urges government to listen to protesters' demands". PBS NewsHour. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.