Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

The Society 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[2] by the leading Muslim clerics of Qom. Established by the students of Ayatollah 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 Qom Hawzas, and proposes judges to the judiciary system. The body gained international prominence when it announced in 1981 that Ayatollah Shariatmadari was no longer a source of emulation (marja'). It has demoted a number of clerics over the last three decades.[3] 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 includes Ayatollah Sistani on its list.

Not to be confused with Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers.
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم
LeaderHashem Hosseini Bushehri
Founded1961/3
HeadquartersQom
IdeologyJa'fari jurisprudence
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Islamism
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationPrinciplists
Part ofThe 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

Founders
Qom Seminary.

Its founders, none of whom were Ayatollahs at the time, were:

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.

In 2022, during Iranian_protests, the society urged the authorities to execute and use the amputation punishment to deter people from joining the protests.[5]

See also

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. "Statute of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom". Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. See Iran Data Portal.
  4. Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
  5. "Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations".

Sources

Bibliography

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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