Transformation of the “Knowledge” and Development of the Marja‘-e Taqlīd under Khāmene'ī's Leadership: Reconsidering the Influence of the Political Order on the Religious System

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  • KURODA Kenji
    Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University, Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC)

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  • ハーメネイー体制下における法学権威と学知システムの変容
  • ハーメネイ-体制下における法学権威と学知システムの変容--国家による宗教制度への政治的影響力をめぐる考察
  • ハーメネイ タイセイ カ ニ オケル ホウガク ケンイ ト ガク チ システム ノ ヘンヨウ コッカ ニ ヨル シュウキョウ セイド エ ノ セイジテキ エイキョウリョク オ メグル コウサツ
  • ―国家による宗教制度への政治的影響力をめぐる考察―

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<p>Several weeks after the death of Āya Allāh al-‘Uẓmā ‘Alī Arākī in November 1994, Supreme Leader ‘Alī Khāmene'ī was promoted by the two Iranian Islamic jurist groups as one of the recommended marāja‘-e taqlīd (“sources of emulation,” the title of the highest-educated Islamic jurisconsults). This event has had an impact on not only the marja‘-e taqlīd system but also the relationship between political authority and religious authority in post-Khomeini Iran. Although many researchers have referred to this event, only a few have examined its subsequent influence on both Iranian politics and the marja‘-e taqlīd system in Iran.</p><p>In this paper, I will attempt to reveal the influence of this event on the marja‘-e taqlīd system in Iran in two ways. First, I will illustrate the character of the new marja‘-e taqlīd concept that was developed by the two associations, focusing on not only the intermittent aspect but also the continuous relationship between the marja‘-e taqlīd system and the two associations' announcements. Second, by focusing on the location of Khāmene'ī as a marja‘-e taqlīd in 2008, I will show the influence of this new marja‘-e taqlīd concept on the development of the marja‘-e taqlīd system in Iran after the 1994 event.</p>

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  • Asian and African Area Studies

    Asian and African Area Studies 10 (1), 13-34, 2010-09-30

    Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

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