Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم
Leader Mohammad Yazdi
Founded 1961 (1961)
Headquarters Qom
Ideology Ja'fari jurisprudence
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Political position Right wing
Religion Shia Islam
National affiliation Principlists
Part of The Two Societies
5th Assembly of Experts[1]
64 / 88 (73%)
Website
jameehmodarresin.org
Hawza Qom Lecturers Annual Assembly - 2016
Hawza Qom Lecturers Annual Assembly - 2016

The Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Persian: جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم‎) was founded in 1961 by the leading Muslim clerics of Qom. It was founded by the students of Ayatollah Khomeini after his exile to Iraq in order to organize political activities of Khomeini's followers and promote his revolutionary interpretation of Islam such as the idea of Islamic government. Since the 1979 revolution, it has become the body to keep the regime's registrar of who counts as a grand ayatollah, an ayatollah and a hojjatoleslam. Its head is appointed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. It currently heads the Supreme Council of Qom Hawzas, and proposes judges to the judiciary system. The body gained international prominence when it announced in 1981 that Ayatollah Shariatmadati was no longer a source of emulation (marja'). It has demoted a number of clerics over the last three decades.[2] A recent case was that of Ayatollah Yousef Saanei who for his solidarity with the green movement was demoted from marja' to hojatoleslam. The Society also include Ayatollah Sistani on its list.

Founders

Its founders comprising (none of them were Ayatollah at that time):

Current Members

Some famous current members:

Late Members

Activities

The Society approves a list of marjas in Qom. In 1963 the Society declared Ayatollah Khomeini as marja'. In 1994, after the death of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki, the Society nominated seven of the Ulama as his successors to be marja', including Ayatollah Khamenei.

References

  1. ↑ "طیف بندی‌های خبرگان پنجم را بشناسید/ 3 منتخب اختصاصی جامعه مدرسین و 16 منتخب اختصاصی خبرگان مردم". Khabaronline (in Persian). 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ↑ See Iran Data Portal. http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/parties/modaressineqom%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ http://www.jameehmodarresin.org/index.php/azae-jameeh/azae-sabeq

Bibliography

  • جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم از آغاز تا کنون، سید محسن صالح و علیرضا جوادزاده، ناشر: مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی

See also

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