Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami (Persian: احمد خاتمی, born 8 May 1960) is a senior and prominent Iranian Muslim cleric,[3] member of Guardian Council and a senior member of the Assembly of Experts.[4] In December 2005, Ali Khamenei appointed him as Tehran’s substitute Friday prayer leader.[5] He is also a conservative and principlist politician.
Ahmad Khatami | |
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.jpeg) Khatami in 2019 | |
| Tehran's Temporary Friday Prayer Imam | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2005 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 24 February 1999 | |
| Constituency | Kerman Province |
| Majority | 873,584 (55.96%; 3rd term)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 8, 1960 Semnan, Iran[2] |
| Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
He was born in the city of Semnan, Iran.[6] He studied at seminaries in Qom and Semnan.
In 2006, during the Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy, Khatami asked the Pope to "fall on his knees in front of a senior Muslim cleric and try to understand Islam."[7] In 2007, he addressed the death sentence issued by Imam Khomeini against Salman Rushdie, saying "In the Islamic Iran that revolutionary fatwa of Imam [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed."[8] In regard to the 2009 Iranian election protests, Khatami denounced demonstrators as rioters who wage war against God ("mohareb"), (a capital crime in Islamic law),[9] and accused reformist presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi of Mohareb as "leaders of sedition" in 2011.[10]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Assembly of Experts members" (in Persian). Assembly of Experts. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ Biography of Seyyed Ahmad Khatami -- self-writing parsine.com
- ^ "Iran cleric: Mideast unrest replay of our 1979 Islamic revolution". Haaretz. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "Senior Iranian Cleric Calls For Setting Up Of New UN". RTT News. 2010-06-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "Ahmad Khatami meets Leader". Mehr News. 2005-12-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Biography of Seyyed Ahmad Khatami -- self-writing parsine.com
- ^ "Pope tells Muslims he is 'deeply sorry' for crisis", Malaysia Star, September 17, 2006
- ^ "British Muslims". This is London. 2007-06-22. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
- ^ "Iranian Cleric: Protesters at War With God". VOA News. 2009-07-01. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
- ^ Iran opposition leader ready to 'pay any price', by ALI AKBAR DAREINI, AP, 16 February 2011, accessed 4 March 2011
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Quotations related to Ahmad Khatami at Wikiquote
