Mohammed Emami-Kashani
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Ayatollah
Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born in Bid Aabaad, Isfahan, in 1917) is a member of the Assembly of Experts
of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran
.
He has called al-Qaeda
an "illegitimate child of America and Israel": He is a proponent of the rule of law with the following condition,
At the age of 18, he left for Najaf
, Iraq, to continue his Islamic education. Like all Iranian ayatollahs, he possesses a working knowledge of Persian and Arabic.
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...
Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born in Bid Aabaad, Isfahan, in 1917) is a member of the 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...
of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
.
He has called al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
an "illegitimate child of America and Israel": He is a proponent of the rule of law with the following condition,
At the age of 18, he left for Najaf
Najaf
Najaf is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2008 is 560,000 people. It is the capital of Najaf Governorate...
, Iraq, to continue his Islamic education. Like all Iranian ayatollahs, he possesses a working knowledge of Persian and Arabic.
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