Kazem Seddiqi

Muslim scholar Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi
Seddiqi in 2011 at IUST mosque
Title	Hojjatoleslam
Born	March 4, 1951 Abhar, Iran
Era	Modern era
Religion	Islam
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Kalam and philosophy
Influenced by Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, Ruhollah Khomeini, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Abdollah Javadi-Amoli

ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi (کاظم صدیقی in Persian, born 4 March 1951) is an Iranian scholar and Mujtahid currently serving as Tehran's Friday Prayer Temporary Imam. A rival of President Ahmadinejad, Seddiqi was appointed as interim Friday prayers leader for Tehran by Ayatollah Khamenei in August 2009. The New York Times characterized the appointment as part of an effort to "reinforce [Khamenei's] authority by cultivating divisions between factions" following the controversial June presidential election.^[1]

Among the targets of criticism in Seddiqi's khutbahs have been "certain regional countries for `supporting` the leader of the Jundallah terrorist group, Abdolmalek Rigi",^[2] the United States President Barack Obama for showing his “ugly face” by preparing a new slate of sanctions against Iran,^[3] and women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously, which Seddiqi claims causes earthquakes to occur.^[4][5] In response to the latter statement, hundreds of thousands of women around the world, organized through social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, declared April 26, 2010, to be "Boobquake day", in which they all agreed to wear immodest clothing on the same day.^[6]

References

1. Slackman, Michael (2009-08-27). "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Softens Accusations Against Reformists in Iran". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
2. Iranian cleric condemns Rigi sponsors, 5 March 2010 by İslâmi Davet
3. Iranians not scared of Obama ‘threats’, says cleric, 21 November 2009 by İslâmi Davet
4. Iran: Fashion That Moves the Earth By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, April 19, 2010
5. Promiscuous women cause earthquakes, claims Iranian cleric, The Independent, 28 May, 2015.
6. Pat Pilcher (26 April 2010). "Islamic cleric causes Boobquake". The New Zealand Herald.

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