Habibollah Ashouri
Habibollah Ashouri | |
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| Died | 18 September 1981[1] |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Notable work | Tawhid |
Habibollah Ashouri (Persian: حبیبالله آشوری) was an Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary.
Mehdi Khalaji states that before Iranian Revolution, Ashouri was in the inner circle of Ali Khamenei in Mashhad but the two broke up after Ashouri wrote an essay on Monotheism (Tawhid) and Khamenei stated that the essay had plagiarized his lectures.[2] According to Khalaji, the essay used theological principles for elaborating an Islamic vision of classless society.[2]
Ashouri was accused of "apostasy" and subsequently executed in 1981.[1] One of his charges was his heretical beliefs as reflected in Tawhid essay.[2]
According to James A. Bill, he was among "the clerics of moderate persuasion [who] had become the targets of the extremist right".[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Sahimi, Muhammad (18 September 2012), Progressive Muslim Scholar and Political Dissident Ahmad Ghabel: 1954-2012, Payvand
- ^ a b c Khalaji, Mehdi (24 August 2015), Becoming Anti-American, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- ^ Bill, James A. (Winter 1982), "Power and Religion in Revolutionary Iran", Middle East Journal, 36 (1): 22–47, JSTOR 4326354
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