Mahmoud Taleghani

Mahmoud Taleghani
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
15 August 1979 – 9 September 1979
ConstituencyTehran Province
Majority2,016,801 (79.3%)
Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam
In office
27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byHassan Emami
Succeeded byHussein-Ali Montazeri
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
In office
1 May 1979 – 9 September 1979
Preceded byMorteza Motahari
Succeeded byMohammad Beheshti
Personal details
Born
Seyyed Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani

(1911-03-05)5 March 1911
Galird, Sublime State of Persia
Died9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeBehesht-e-Zahra
NationalityIranian
Political party
Theological work
ReligionIslam
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
SchoolJaʿfari
Main interestsTafsir
Years active1921–1979
Alma materNajaf Seminary
Feyziyeh Seminary
Taught atSepahsalar School

Sayyid Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani (Persian: سید محمود طالقانی, pronunciation, also romanized as Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate, a senior Shia Islamic scholar and thinker of Iran, and a leader in his own right of the movement against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, he has been described as a representative of the tendency of many "Shia clerics to blend Shia with Marxist ideals in order to compete with leftist movements for youthful supporters" during the 1960s and 1970s.[5] His "greatest influence" has been said to have been in "his teaching of Quranic exegesis," as many later revolutionaries were his students.[6]

He was Tehran's first Friday Prayer Imam after the Iranian Revolution.[7]

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  2. ^ Vakil, Sanam (2011), Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Action and Reaction, A&C Black, p. 85, ISBN 9781441197344
  3. ^ R. Michael Feener (2004), Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ABC-CLIO, p. 89, ISBN 9781576075166
  4. ^ Hussein Abdul-Raof (2012), Theological Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis: A Practical Comparative-contrastive Analysis, Routledge, p. 3, ISBN 9780415449588
  5. ^ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), pp. 126–7
  6. ^ Bakhash, Shaul, Reign of the Ayatollahs (1984), p. 168
  7. ^ "گزارش: اولین نماز جمعه تهران چگونه و توسط چه کسی اقامه شد؟ + عکس". tasnimnews.