Supreme Leader of Iran — Rahbar redirects here. For the 1940s communist newspaper, see Rahbar (newspaper). Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Emblem of Islamic Republic of Iran … Wikipedia
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Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad — Born 1930 Jaghori, Ghazni, Afghanistan Known for Grand Ayatollah Website http://www.alfayadh.net Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq al Fayyad (also Fa … Wikipedia
Morteza Ansari — (also transliterated Mortaza Ansari and Murtada al Ansari) (1781–1864, Dezful), was a Shia jurist who was generally acknowledged as the most eminent jurist of the time. [1] Ansari has also been called the first effective model or Marja of the… … Wikipedia
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Khomeini, Ruhollah — orig. Ruhollah Musavi born May 17, 1900?, Khomeyn, Iran died June 3, 1989, Tehrān Shīʽite cleric and leader of Iran (1979–89). He received a traditional religious education and settled in Qom с 1922, where he became a Shīʽite scholar of some… … Universalium
Constitutional theocracy — The phrase constitutional theocracy describes a form of elected government in which one single religion is granted an authoritative central role in the legal and political system. In contrast to a pure theocracy, power resides in lay political… … Wikipedia
Islamic leadership — This is a sub article to Islamic politics and a parallel sub article to leadership.After the Islamic Prophet Muhammad s death, who should be successor (Caliph) to Muhammad s political authority became disputed, which eventually led to the… … Wikipedia
Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi — Ayatollah Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi (born 1923/24 in Najafabad, Isfahan province death 2006 in Tehran) was an Iranian cleric and proponent of Islamic Unity, who spent most years after the Iranian revolution of 1979 under house arrest. The… … Wikipedia