Mehdi Haeri Yazdi
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Mehdi Haeri Yazdi ( ; ; ) was a prominent Shia Islamic cleric in Iran and the first son of Sheikh Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi, the founder of Qom seminary and teacher of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
, who became the leader of the Iranian Revolution
and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Haeri-Yazdi published his objection to the velayat-e faqih in his 1994 book "Hekmat va Hokumat". Despite the fact that it was published outside Iran (with Shadi Publishers, London), it has been widely distributed in the country.
In 1992 he published "The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy : Knowledge by Presence". The book aimed to present Western scholars and philosophers a theme that he considered most important : knowledge by presence - knowledge that arises from immediate and intuitive awareness.
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran...
, who became the leader of the Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Background
Mehdi Haeri Yazdi himself was "one of Khomeini's prominent pupils" but parted ways with Khomeini on several issues. He opposed Khomeini's theory of velayat-e faqih as justification for rule of the Islamic state by Islamic jurists, Khomeini's unwillingness to end the Iran–Iraq War, and believed Khomeini's fatwa against Salman Rushdie was "inconsistent with the principles of Islamic law, or Shari'a" and "against the interests of Muslim society."Haeri-Yazdi published his objection to the velayat-e faqih in his 1994 book "Hekmat va Hokumat". Despite the fact that it was published outside Iran (with Shadi Publishers, London), it has been widely distributed in the country.
In 1992 he published "The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy : Knowledge by Presence". The book aimed to present Western scholars and philosophers a theme that he considered most important : knowledge by presence - knowledge that arises from immediate and intuitive awareness.
Works
(in PersianPersian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
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- Hekmat va Hokumat (London 1994)
- Kavushha-ye Aql-e Nazari
- Hiram-e Hasti