Mohammad Fazel Lankarani

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Mohammad Fazel Lankarani

Mohammad Fazel Lankarani (* 1931 in Qom , Iran ; † June 16, 2007 in London ) was an Iranian , Shiite scholar and Grand Ayatollah .

Life

Lankarani, son of a well-known Shiite scholar, belonged to the Azeri ethnic group . His mother was an Afghan. He was already studying the Koran at the age of 13, and at 19 he was studying as a "Kharij" student with the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Borudscherdi , the last Marjah-e Taghlid recognized by all Shiite clergy . During his 11 years of study he was also tutored by Ruhollah Khomeinis . With Ayatollah Tabataba'i he learned the interpretation of the Tafsīr and philosophy and received the degree of Mujtahid at the age of 25 . He later worked as a teacher in Qom himself. Mohammad Fazel Lankarani died on June 16, 2007 in London of an unspecified illness.

Act

He was committed to the Islamic Revolution and was imprisoned several times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi . Lankarani responded with a fatwa to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that in future women would be allowed to enter football stadiums for the most important games :

"The presence of the women, together with the men, on the public sports fields is not allowed, even if the women were sitting separately" . Islam does not allow “that female glances fall on the male body, even if they do not feel pleasure.” Lankarani published numerous works and articles on this subject.

Murder call

On November 25, 2006, Lankarani issued a death fatwa against the Iran-critical Azerbaijani journalist and author Rafiq Tağı and his publisher Samir Sədaqətoğlu for "insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed ". In the newspaper article "Europe and Us" in the periodical Sanat, Tağı had called for his homeland, Azerbaijan, which is neighboring Iran, to be oriented towards Europe and described statements by the Prophet Mohammed as aggressive. Even before the times of the first Qajar Shah, Azerbaijan was the bone of contention between the hegemonic powers Russia and Persia. Tağı was seriously injured in a six-fold knife attack on November 19, 2011. After an initially successful operation, he then died in the hospital under unexplained circumstances four days later. Iranian newspapers hailed the murder.

Fonts (selection)

  • Tafasilah al Shariah
  • Commentary on "Urwat al Wusgha"
  • Nahayat al Taghris
  • Kitab al Thawn
  • Kitab al Ghaza
  • Al Masael Al mostahasah
  • Al Ahkam al wazheha
  • Alhavavaed al Feghieh
  • Taghrirat al Usul
  • Taghriart, Texts of the Kharaj Studies (in Persian)
  • Resalah al Towize al Masael (in Persian)
  • Madkhal Al Tafsir
  • Jameh al Masael

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iran's Women and Football - One God - and One Team - FAZ (May 2, 2006)
  2. ↑ a b Central Council of Ex-Muslims (ZdE), press release of November 30, 2011: Central Council of Ex-Muslims condemns the murder of Rafik Tagi
  3. ↑ Online edition of the daily newspaper Die Welt : How the mullahs hunt rapper Najafi on the Internet
personal data
SURNAME Lankarani, Mohammad Fazel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Shiite clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Qom , Iran
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2007
Place of death London