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Censorship in Islamic societies

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has publicly attacked the impact of "harmful books" on his nation, analogizing them with "poisonous" drugs.


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Abdul Amir al-Jamri

Following the 2002 deterioration of his health, al-Jamri's position as a political and religious leader of Bahrain's Shia population was taken over by his lifelong friend, Ayatollah Isa Qassim.

Chastity House

A supporter of the plan, Ayatollah Mohammed Mousavi Bojnurdi, said: "We face a real challenge with all these women on the street. Our society is in an emergency situation.” Hojatolislam Mohammed Taghi Fazel-Meibodi, a member of Qom Seminary, said the proposal is religiously legal. He said, "Our young people are troubled.

Emblem of Iran

The logo was designed by Hamid Nadimi, and was officially approved by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 9 May 1980.

Frank Kelly

Tracks included the Ayatollah Ceili Band (a pun on The Tulla Céilí Band), Magnum Farce, Incoming Call, Festive Spirit, Hymn Of Praise, Call Of The Wild, Festive Note and Siege Mentality.

Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists

According to one of the leading Ayatollahs, Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, Guardianship of the Juristsmeans every jurisprudent (Faqih) has wilayah (guardianship) over non-litigious affairs.

Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam is a non-fiction work written by Mark Bowden.

June 5, 1963 demonstrations in Iran

Once he had convinced the Shah to allow him to find a way out, he called on Ayatollah Mohammad-Kazem Shariatmadari, one of the senior religious leaders of Iran, and asked for his help.

Mao II

Crowds feature heavily in the book, from the opening crowds of thousands at the mass-wedding at Yankee Stadium, to the crowds living in Tompkins Square Park, to the thousands of mourners at the Ayatollah's funeral as observed on television by Karen.

Modarresi

Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi, an Iraqi Grand Ayatollah, brother of Hadi al-Modarresi

Hadi al-Modarresi, an Iraqi ayatollah, brother of Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi

Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Modarresi-Yazdi is one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Rahim Arbab

He attended the Sadr Madrassa and finished his academic studies in jurisprudence (fiqh) and its principles (usul), theosophy (hekmat), and the other Islamic intellectual (‘aqli) and transmitted (naqli) sciences, under the supervision of philosophers and scholars such as Jahangir Khan Ghashghaei and Ayatollah Akhond Kashi.

Sadeq Tabatabaei

He is son of Ayatollah Mohammad-Bagher Tabatabaei and nephew of Musa al-Sadr.

Saeed Mortazavi

On 31 August 2009, Mortazavi was demoted to deputy prosecutor-general - "one of six deputies for prosecutor-general Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i" - by the new judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.

Saffron Sky

"This lyrical memoir evinces the author's passion for constructing an American life with the spiritual fervor and deeply aesthetic rituals that were part of her childhood in Iran. Asayesh, who immigrated to North Carolina as a girl, writes too of her struggle to arrive at an acceptable sexuality in the face of parental panic, and tells of her frustration, during later trips to post-Shah Iran, with "the sisters," the Ayatollah's ubiquitous enforcers of female modesty."

The Dingo Principle

On 20 April 1987, the program performed a mock interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini, resulting in two Australian diplomats being expelled from Tehran and threats of trade sanctions from Iran.

Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi

Mahdavi was arrested in 2001 and charged him with "armed resistance against the state." He was sentenced to death in a trial where he was denied access to a lawyer but in June the chief of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, commuted his sentence to life in prison.

Yasser Al-Habib

Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has referred to Al-Habib as a "hired agent or a mad man".


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