Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/ or US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized: âyatollâh, Persian pronunciation:...
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Ruhollah Khomeini (redirect from Ayatollah Khomeini)
older brother. Khomeini was a high ranking cleric in Twelver Shi'ism, an ayatollah, a marja' ("source of emulation"), a Mujtahid or faqīh (an expert in sharia)...
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Ali Khamenei (redirect from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)
the hawza of Mashhad, under mentors such as Sheikh Hashem Qazvini and Ayatollah Milani. Then, he went to Najaf, Iraq, in 1957, but soon returned to Mashhad...
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clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of ayatollahs. To see lists of grand ayatollahs, or hujjatul islams...
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Ayatollah may refer to: Ayatollah, title given to Shi'a mujtahids More specifically the most notable Ayatollahs, holding the position of Supreme Leader...
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Ali al-Sistani (redirect from Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani)
One of the most senior scholars of Twelver Shia with the rank of Grand Ayatollah and marja', he has been described as the spiritual leader of Shia Muslims...
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Hussein-Ali Montazeri (redirect from Ayatollah Montazeri)
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri (Persian: حسینعلی منتظری [hosei̯næˈliː-e montæzeˈɾiː] pronunciation; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was...
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government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel...
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Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (redirect from Ayatollah Sayed Mohamad Baqir Al-Hakim)
Ayatollah al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i (8 July 1939 – 29 August 2003; Arabic: السيد محمد باقر محسن الحكيم الطباطبائي), also...
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of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam is a non-fiction work written by Mark Bowden. Guests of the Ayatollah relates...
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