Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

Not to be confused with Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers.

Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم

Leader	Mohammad Yazdi
Founded	1961
Headquarters	Qom
Ideology	Ja'fari jurisprudence Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists
Political position	Right wing
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	Principlists
Part of	The Two Societies
5th Assembly of Experts^[1]	64 / 88 (73%)
Website
jameehmodarresin.org
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Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom (جامعهٔ مدرسین حوزهٔ علمیهٔ قم), was founded 1961 by the leading Muslim clerics of Qom. It was founded by the students of Ayatollah Khomeini after his exile to Iraq 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 become the body to keep the regime's registrar of who counts as a grand ayatollah, an ayatollah and a hojjatoleslam. Its head 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 Shariatmadati was no longer a source of emulation (marja'). It has demoted a number of clerics over the last three decades.^[2] 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 does not include Ayatollah Sistani on its list.

Founders

Its founders comprising (none of them were Ayatollah at that time):

Current Members

Some famous current members:

Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadai
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Moslem Malakouti
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri
Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi
Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi
Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi
Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi

late Members

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani
Ayatollah Ali Meshkini
Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali
Ayatollah Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat
Ayatollah Ahmad Azari Qomi^[3]

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.

References

↑ "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.
↑ See Iran Data Portal. http://www.princeton.edu/irandataportal/parties/modaressineqom
↑ http://www.jameehmodarresin.org/index.php/azae-jameeh/azae-sabeq

Bibliography

جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم از آغاز تا کنون، سید محسن صالح و علیرضا جوادزاده، ناشر: مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی

External links

Official Website

Political organizations of Iran (list)

Politics of Iran

Inside Iran

Principlists	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran United Front of Principlists Principlists Pervasive Coalition Principlists Grand Coalition The Two Societies Combatant Clergy Association Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader Islamic Coalition Party Islamic Society of Engineers Zeynab Society Front of Transformationalist Principlists Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution Freethinkers' Pinnacle Party Ansar-e Hezbollah Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude Front of Islamic Revolution Stability Resistance Front of Islamic Iran Modern Thinkers Party of Islamic Iran Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers People's Voice Insight and Islamic Awakening Front Monotheism and Justice Front Supporters of Justice Discourse of Islamic Revolution YEKTA Front

Reformists	Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front Association of Combatant Clerics Executives of Construction Party Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers Islamic Association of Teachers Association of Followers of the Imam's Line Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization Islamic Iran Participation Front Islamic Iran Solidarity Party Democracy Party Will of the Iranian Nation Party Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic Islamic Assembly of Ladies Office for Strengthening Unity Islamic Labour Party Worker House Coalition For Iran Reformists Front Moderation and Development Party National Trust Party The Green Path of Hope NEDA Party Union of Islamic Iran People Party Pervasive Coalition of Reformists

Anti-establishment	National Front Freedom Movement Movement of Militant Muslims Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists

Exiled

Anti-establishment	Aryan League People's Mujahedin Communist Party Constitutionalist Party Marz-e Por Gohar Party of the Iranian Nation Pan-Iranist Party Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian Kurdistan Democratic Party Komalah Organization of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar) Tudeh Party Labour Party Green Party

Defunct parties

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