Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
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Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم | |
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Principlists | |
| Part of | The Two Societies |
| Guardian Council | 6 / 12 (50%) |
| Expediency Discernment Council | 9 / 48 (19%) |
| Assembly of Experts | 8 / 88 (9%) |
| Website | |
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The Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (
Ayatollah Khomeini
after his exile to Iraq, it was formed in order to organize political activities of Khomeini's followers and promote his revolutionary interpretation of Islam, such as the idea of Islamic government.
Since the 1979 revolution, it has largely become the body to keep the regime's registrar of who counts as a grand ayatollah, an ayatollah and a hojjat ul Islam. It has a head who is appointed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. It currently heads the Supreme Council of Qom the judiciary system
.
The body gained international prominence when it announced in 1981 that Ayatollah Sistani
on its list.
Founders
Its founders, none of whom were ayatollahs at the time, were:
- Fazel Lankarani
- Azari Qomi
- Ebrahim Amini
- Ali Meshkini
- Hossein-Ali Montazeri
- Qoddusi
- Rabbani Shirazi
Current members
- Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadai
- Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi
- Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri
- Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
- Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
- Ayatollah Hashem Hosseini Bushehri
Late members
- Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
- Grand Ayatollah Moslem Malakouti
- Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri
- Ayatollah Ali Meshkini
- Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali
- Ayatollah Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat
- Ayatollah Ahmad Azari Qomi[3]
- Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini
- Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi
- Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi
Activities
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The society approves a list of marjas in
Ayatollah Khamenei
.
In 2022, during Iranian protests, the society urged the authorities to execute and use the amputation punishment to deter people from joining the protests.[4]
See also
- List of ayatollahs
- List of maraji
- Marja
- Ayatollah
- Ijtihad
- History of principle-ism in Iran
- Council for Spreading Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Thoughts
- Haghani Circle
- List of current maraji
- List of deceased maraji
References
- ^ "Statute of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom". Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ See Iran Data Portal. [1]
- ^ Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
- ^ "Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations".
Sources
- رهبر خواست به فکر جانشین باشیم!
- .:: پایگاه اطلاع رسانی حیات-صفحه اصلی ::.
- History
- خبرگزاری آفتاب - گمانه زنی ها: جنتی جایگزین مشکینی می شود
- Iran Data Portal - Society of the Lecturers of Qom Seminary (JMHEQ)
Bibliography
The Society of Teachers from Qom Seminary from the Beginning to the present, Seyyed Mohsen Saleh and Alireza Javadzadeh, Publisher: Islamic Revolution Documentation Center
External links
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