Haghani School
The Haghani School (also Haghani Seminary and Haqqani Circle ; Persian مدرسه حقانی, DMG madrese Ḥaqqānī ) is a Shiite training center in the Iranian city of Qom . From it emerged high-ranking politicians and clergy in Iran who are often classified as extremist.
history
The Haghani School, founded in 1964 by Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi , Ayatollah Ahmad Dschannati , Ayatollah Mohammad Beheschti , Ayatollah Sadoughi and Ayatollah Taleghani , emerged from the earlier Haghani Seminary, a forerunner institution was called Muntashiriya . After the assassination attempt on the influential Ali Qudusi and Mohammad Beheschti, the official name was changed to Shahidayn-Seminar (Martyrs Seminar).
The original aim was to strengthen the philosophy within the Hawza curriculum. To this end, Allameh Tabatabai was commissioned to write two introductions, which he completed in 1975:
- Bidayat al-Hikmah (1970)
- Nichayat al-Hikmah (1975)
Today, both traditional and modern curricula are taught in the seminar, including science, medicine, politics, and Western non-Islamic philosophy.
The seminar is described as a kind of École nationale d'administration of the Islamic Republic, whose alumni form the backbone of the clergy who sit at key positions in politics and the security organs of Iran. Under President Ahmadinejad , numerous influential positions were filled with Haghani students. While elections are taking place in Iran, it is common for candidates to be elected to visit Qom to pay honorary money to the religious leaders of the Haghani, also to obtain their blessings. According to other sources, most Haghani graduates serve either in the security agencies or in the military .
The journalist Tim Rutten describes the "Haghani as a particularly aggressive school of a radical Shia Islam who live in the expectation of the Mahdi soon to appear ". The Mahdi is a kind of Islamic Messiah who will bring peace and justice combined with universal Islamic law to the whole world. Members of this school - according to Rutten - believe that they need to hasten the Mahdi's coming.
Members
Many well-known theologians and influential figures in Iranian politics after the 1979 revolution were teachers or students of the Haghani School.
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supporting documents
- ↑ a b iran-press-service.com , December 2000: Ganji Identified Fallahian As The "Master Key" In Chain Murders
- ↑ Ali Schirasi : Iran: The secret government emerges from the shadows. Driving in the dark without lights - the tactics of the Iranian Hezbollah
- ^ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival , (Norton, 2006), p. 215
- ^ Iran on the eve of the presidential elections. Mohsen Sazegara, May 23, 2005 ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 49 kB)
- ↑ Ahmadinejad walks away with a win - Los Angeles Times, Tim Rutten, September 29, 2007
- ↑ iran-press-service.com , Bill Samii , December 2005: Iran: Preparing For The Next Big Vote
- ↑ iran-press-service.com , Alireza Dastafshaan, October 1999: Mr. Mesbah, Don't Come Up With Slogans, Answer The Question
