What is the role of an ayatollah?

Answer 1

There are a total of 14 great ayatollahs

the most known khomeini

• Ruhollah Khomeini, who leaded the Iranian revolution
• Hoessein-Ali Montazeri, one of the biggest dirtlayers of the Iranian revolution, from 1989 he was an opponent of ayatollah Khomeini and he did'NT agree the politics in Iran.
• Ali Khamenei, he is/was the spiritual leader of Iran, he voted for the conservatives Ali al-Sistani, de biggest sjiitsche spiritual men from Irak
• Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, he was from libanon

Answer 2

Answer 1

Ayatollah comes from the Arabic "ayat" (sign) "Allah" (God) which makes the Ayatollah, the Sign of God.

Ayatollahs are highly-regarded clerics in the Shiite Islam with a similar rank in that religion to Cardinals in Catholicism or the Patriarchs in Orthodox Christianity. Sunni Islam does not have an equivalent position to Ayatollah.

Answer 2

Ayatollah means literally one who is the sign of Exalted God among people. those who entered the Howzeh, after passing the levels and religious courses , recieved the Title of Ayatollah. some one who is ayatollah , is skillfull in religious sciences like jurisprudence, theology and Hadith and Arabic logic and the praying Judgment in Islam Religion.

Answer 3

Ayatollah is the title that was given to the high ranking title of the Usuli Twelver Shī'ah clerics.

Answer 4

ayatollah literally means who is the sign and symbol of God in the earth and amongst people. in the level of religious sciences, those who study the religious sciences , after passing some degrees and levels, provided being succeed, they reach to the high level and described as ayatollah.

Answer 3

Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shī'ah clerics. Those who carry the title are experts in Islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, and philosophy and usually teach in Islamic seminaries.The next lower clerical rank is Hojatoleslam wal-muslemin. Ayatollah can be maybe compared with Cardinals in Catholicism.

Answer 4

I don't know which choices you were given, so let me offer a definition. An ayatollah is a high-ranking religious leader in Shiite Islam; that is why you may have heard of this religious title when the discussion was about Iran, a majority Shia country. The word ayatollah is derived from the Arabic "a sign from/of Allah"; an ayatollah in Shia Islam is an expert on Islamic law, ethics, and philosophy, and his decisions can carry considerable authority: some ayatollahs are so influential that they can even over-rule a president or determine the course of an election in a theocratic country where there is no separation of religion and government.

Answer 5

There are two questions here.

What is an Ayatollah? -- An Ayatollah is a supreme clerical leader in the Shiite Islamic Faith who governs over a physical region with many Shiite Muslims. This is similar to a Patriarch in Orthodox Christianity or an Archbishop in the Catholic Church (if the Cardinals and the Pope are removed). Ayatollahs exist in all places with large Shiite populations, most especially, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. Each of the Ayatollahs is independent of the other Ayatollahs, but they typically agree on core religious issues.

In Iran, specifically, the Ayatollahs have special political powers and form the Supreme Council, which is Iran's judicial branch. The council members remain members for life and all new members are appointed by the remaining members. This makes their opinion shielded from the masses and the Supreme Council is effectively an oligarchic institution.

Who runs Iran's government? -- There is debate between scholars on Iran as to who exactly runs Iran's government. There are three official and one unofficial branch of the government: the Legislative Branch (made of the Iranian Parliament or Majlis), the Executive Branch (made of the Iranian President), the Judiciary (made of the Supreme Council of Ayatollahs), and the Military (made up of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Basij).

Most international consensus is that the Supreme Council of Ayatollahs has powers that completely eclipse the Majlis and that strongly rival, if not partially eclipse, those of the President of Iran. Additionally, the Military strongly supports the views of the Ayatollahs and prefers not to clash with them. Therefore, the Iranian government is effectively ruled by the Ayatollahs.

Some say that more power is concentrated in the Military and the Supreme Council only follows the will of the Military and exerts the Military's will over the other branches. Detractors from this view argue that there is little evidence that the military is actively compelling the Ayatollahs to do anything. No threats or bribes have been discovered.

Others say that while the Ayatollahs only censor or direct policy, they do not set it, which ultimately gives the President some latitude in proposing initiatives. This would give the President and the Supreme Council co-equal powers. Those who hold to this argument point to the Presidency of Khatami where the President and Supreme Council butted heads for his entire presidency and nothing happened to make the country more liberal or conservative. Detractors from this view argue that the Supreme Council retains the power to permit or oppose the candidacy of any President or Parliamentarian who they do not approve of, effectively choosing a subset of Iranian politicians whose plans and initiatives would better match the Ayatollahs' vision of Iranian development.

Answer 6

Currently there are a number of Ayatollahs. The Supreme Leader of Iran is currently Ayatollah Ali Khamanei. The Chief Ayatollah of Iraq is Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani.

Answer 7

The role of an ayatollah was religious and political leadership of Muslim people.

Answer 8

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