Morteza Moghtadai
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Ayatollah
Morteza Moghtadai (born 1936 in Isfahan, Iran
) is an Iranian Shia scholar, and deputy chairman of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
. He was re-elected to the fourth Assembly of Experts
. He currently resides in Isfahan and teaches in the city's seminary.http://jameeh.com/zendegi/moqtadae.htm
He was quoted as saying of the 2009 Iranian election protests
that the "demonstrators were "treading the path of the world's arrogance" and that "The regime must confront them,".
Ayatollah
Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī‘ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries. The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin...
Morteza Moghtadai (born 1936 in Isfahan, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) is an Iranian Shia scholar, and deputy chairman of Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom , was founded 1961 by the leading Shi'a clerics of Qom to organize religious teachings in the seminaries, and expand the religious teachings in Iran...
. He was re-elected to the fourth Assembly of Experts
Assembly of Experts
The Assembly of Experts of Iran , also translated as Council of Experts, is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.Members of the assembly are elected from a government-screened list of candidates by...
. He currently resides in Isfahan and teaches in the city's seminary.http://jameeh.com/zendegi/moqtadae.htm
He was quoted as saying of the 2009 Iranian election protests
2009 Iranian election protests
Protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election against the disputed victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in major cities in Iran and around the world starting June 13, 2009...
that the "demonstrators were "treading the path of the world's arrogance" and that "The regime must confront them,".
See also
- HawzaHawzaHawza or ḥawza ʻilmiyya is a seminary of traditional Islamic school of higher learning. It is a term used mostly by the Shi'a Muslims communities to refer to a traditional Shi'a centre where clerics are trained...