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Ayatollah is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran, derived from Arabic word meaning 'Sign of God'. It is not used by Sunni or Shia communities in other countries, and has different qualifications and meanings depending on the context.
Ayatollah Khomeini in front of his house at Neauphle-le-Château in a media conference Cassette copies of his lectures fiercely denouncing the Shah as (for example) "the Jewish agent, the American serpent whose head must be smashed with a stone", [ 69 ] became common items in the markets of Iran, [ 70 ] helping to demythologize the power and ...
This is a partial list of ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'.
On 14 September 2007, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (on the 1st Friday prayer of Ramadan) predicted that George W. Bush and American officials would one day be tried in an international criminal court to be held "accountable" for the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. [199] He asserts that the United States is the main cause of insecurity in Iraq.
Learn about the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is elected by the Assembly of Experts for life. Find out the history, functions, powers, and duties of the Supreme Leader, and the current and past officeholders.
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi also known as Ayatullah Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (Arabic: آيت الله السيد عقيل الغروى; born 2 February 1964) is a leading Indian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, thinker, writer, poet, educationist, community activist, critic and a mujtahid.
Ayatollah Khomeini was a senior Islamic jurist cleric of Shia Islam. Shia theology holds that Wilayah or Islamic leadership (political and religious) belongs to a divinely-appointed line of Shia Imams descended from a cousin ( Ali ) and daughter ( Fatima ) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , the last of which is the 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi .
A marja is a supreme legal authority or a source of emulation for Twelver Shia Muslims. This article provides the list of current maraji, their birth and death dates, birth and residence places, and official websites.