Abdolnabi Namazi
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Ayatollah
Abdolnabi Namazi is an Iranian cleric and politician. He was a member of the 3rd Assembly of Experts
of the Islamic Republic of Iran who won re-election for the 4th Assembly.
He was formerly the prosecutor-general for the judiciary of the Islamic Republic and received some notoriety in 2002 when he was criticized by the conservative newspaper Jumhuri Eslami, for "flagrantly" ignoring Supreme Leaders Ali Khameini's order to review a death sentence handed down to Hashem Aghajari
for apostasy
for a speech he gave on Islam urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics...
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...
Abdolnabi Namazi is an Iranian cleric and politician. He was a member of the 3rd 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 who won re-election for the 4th Assembly.
He was formerly the prosecutor-general for the judiciary of the Islamic Republic and received some notoriety in 2002 when he was criticized by the conservative newspaper Jumhuri Eslami, for "flagrantly" ignoring Supreme Leaders Ali Khameini's order to review a death sentence handed down to Hashem Aghajari
Hashem Aghajari
Hashem Aghajari also Seyyed Hashem Aghajari is an Iranian historian, university professor and a critic of the Islamic Republic's government who was sentenced to death in 2002 for apostasy for a speech he gave on Islam urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics...
for apostasy
Apostasy in Islam
Apostasy in Islam is commonly defined in Islam as the rejection in word or deed of one's former religion by a person who was previously a follower of Islam...
for a speech he gave on Islam urging Iranians to "not blindly follow" Islamic clerics...