Mohammed Emami-Kashani
Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani | |
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Tehran's Friday Prayers (Nov 6th 2015) | |
Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
Ayatollah | |
Assumed office 21 February 1991 | |
Constituency | Tehran Province |
Majority | 2,286,483 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kashan, Isfahan, Iran | February 2, 1937
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association[1] |
Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born in Bid Aabaad, Isfahan, in 1937) is a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.[2]
He has called al-Qaeda an "illegitimate child of America and Israel":
“ | You talk about al-Qaeda. Have you forgotten who has bred al-Qaeda? It's the illegitimate child of America and Israel, but you name it Islam. This savagery is not Islam. It is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you.[3] | ” |
He is a proponent of the rule of law with the following condition,
“ | The law comes from the people and our laws are based on Islam.[4] | ” |
References and notes
Wikinews has related news: Ayatollah Emami-Kashani calls Americans 'murderers' |
- ↑ "موحدی کرمانی دبیرکل شد" [Movahedi-Kermani became the General Secretary] (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency. 3 December 2014. 93091207754. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ↑ Iran IRNA: Kashani on Right to Nuclear Technology - 10-14-05
- ↑ BBC NEWS | Middle East | UK invited attacks - Iran cleric
- ↑ FarsiNet News - News related to Iran, Iranians and Persians - June 1998
External links
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