Qom Seminary
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TheQom Seminary(Persian:حوزه علمیه قم) is the largest Islamic seminary (hawza) in Iran, established in 1922 byGrand AyatollahAbdul-Karim Haeri YazdiinQom.[1]It trainsUsulischolars.
History
[edit]Although bigShi'aacademies existed in Qom dating back as early as 10th century CE,[2]the hawza (seminarium) of the city became prominent at the time of theSafavidswhen Shi'a Islam became the official religion of Iran in the 16th century. The famous teachers of that era includedMulla SadraandShaykh Bahai.The modern Qom hawza was revitalized byAbdul Karim Haeri Yazdiand Grand AyatollahBorujerdiand is barely a century old. There are nearly three hundred thousand clerics in Iran’s seminaries.[3]Grand AyatollahHossein Vahid Khorasaniheads the Qom Seminary.
Law school
[edit]BecauseShariais legally binding in Iran, the Qom seminary also functions as alaw schoolin Iran.Ebrahim Raisi,the formerChief Justiceand formerPresidentof the Islamic republic of Iran, was one of the alumni of the Qom seminary.
All judges in the Islamic Republic of Iran must have received education in Islamic Law; mostqadisare "members of the group of rulingclergies."[4]
Notable teachers
[edit]- Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi
- Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
- Ahmad Khonsari
- Ali Meshkini
- Ali Safi Golpaygani
- Ayatollah Haj Mirza Khalil Kamareyi
- Hossein Vahid Khorasani
- Hussein-Ali Montazeri
- Jawad Tabrizi
- Mehdi Shab Zende Dar Jahromi
- Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
- Mohammad Ali Araki
- Mohammad Beheshti
- Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
- Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
- Mohammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi
- Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
- Morteza Haeri Yazdi
- Mousa Shubairi Zanjani
- Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari
- Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
- Naser Makarem Shirazi
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Sadr al-Din al-Sadr
- Sayyid Sadeq Rohani
- Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi
- Shahab al-Din Mar'ashi Najafi
- Yousef Saanei
- Seyed Reza Bahaadini
Notable alumni
[edit]- Ahmad Ahmadi
- Hassan Farhang Ansari
- Hesamodin Ashna
- Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani
- Seyed Ali Asghar Dastgheib
- Ali Davani
- Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli
- Sadegh Khalkhali
- Ali Khamenei
- Esmaeil Khatib
- Najaf Lakzaee
- Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
- Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi
- Hossein Modarressi
- Mohammad Mofatteh
- Majid Mohammadi
- Muhammad Mohaqiq
- Morteza Motahhari
- Movsum Samadov
- Ebrahim Raisi
- Hassan Rouhani
- Musa al-Sadr
- Ahmad Vaezi
See also
[edit]- Fatima Masumeh Shrine
- Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
- Hawza Najaf
- Marjaʿ
- Lists of maraji
- Isfahan Seminary
References
[edit]- ^Walbridge, Linda S.The most learned of the Shiʻa: the institution of the Marjaʻ taqlid Oxford University Press, p.217.
- ^"Thinking ahead: Shi'ite Islam in Iraq and its seminaries, Christoph Marcinkowsi, Nayang Technological University, Singapore"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2017-10-10.Retrieved2014-07-28.
- ^A History of Tension between Iran's Clerics and the State, Mehdi Khalaji July 26th 2010 Washington Institute
- ^"UPDATE: A Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran - GlobaLex".
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