Mohammed Emami-Kashani

Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani

Tehran's Friday Prayers (Nov 6th 2015)
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah
Assumed office
21 February 1991
Constituency Tehran Province
Majority 2,286,483
Personal details
Born (1937-02-02) February 2, 1937
Kashan, Isfahan, Iran
Political party Combatant Clergy Association[1]

Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born in Bid Aabaad, Isfahan, in 1937) is a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran.[2]

He has called al-Qaeda an "illegitimate child of America and Israel":

“ You talk about al-Qaeda. Have you forgotten who has bred al-Qaeda? It's the illegitimate child of America and Israel, but you name it Islam. This savagery is not Islam. It is coming from inside of you and it is now punching you.[3] ”

He is a proponent of the rule of law with the following condition,

“ The law comes from the people and our laws are based on Islam.[4] ”

References and notes

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