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Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم | |
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| Leader | Hashem Hosseini Bushehri |
| Founded | 1961/3 |
| Headquarters | Qom |
| Ideology | Ja'fari jurisprudence Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists Islamism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Principlists |
| Part of | The Two Societies |
| Guardian Council | 6 / 12 (50%) |
| Expediency Discernment Council | 9 / 48 (19%) |
| Assembly of Experts | 8 / 88 (9%) |
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TheSociety of Seminary Teachers of Qom (Persian:جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم,romanized: jâme'e madrasin howze 'ilmiah Qom) is an Iranian group founded in 1961/3[1] by the leadingMuslim clerics ofQom. Established by the students ofAyatollah Khomeini after his exile to Iraq, it was formed 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 largely become the body to keep the regime's registrar of who counts as a grand ayatollah, an ayatollah and a hojjat ul Islam. It has a head who is appointed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. It currently heads the Supreme Council of QomHawzas, and proposes judges tothe judiciary system. The body gained international prominence when it announced in 1981 thatAyatollah Shariatmadari 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 AyatollahYousef Saanei, who for his solidarity with the green movement was demoted from marja' toHujjat al-Islam. The society also includesAyatollah Sistani on its list.
Its founders, none of whom were ayatollahs at the time, were:
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The society approves a list of marjas inQom. In 1963 the society declaredAyatollah Khomeini asmarja'. In 1994, after the death of Grand AyatollahMohammad Ali Araki, the society nominated seven of theUlama as his successors to be marja', includingAyatollah Khamenei.
In 2022, duringIranian protests, the society urged the authorities to execute and use the amputation punishment to deter people from joining the protests.[4]
The Society of Teachers from Qom Seminary from the Beginning to the present, Seyyed Mohsen Saleh and Alireza Javadzadeh, Publisher: Islamic Revolution Documentation Center
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