Contemplation on the Demand of a Marja’ Taqlid (Shia Religious Authority) from Government Officials
One of Marja’ Taqlids has recently met a number of officials of the city of Qom, emphasizing the need to pay more attention to the problems of this city by the city managers. He demands that both people and the government account for the city of Qom as a distinct city in Iran, apart from other cities. Such demands have been made before, all displaying a common theme: the clergies’ demand for exclusive privileges for the official institution of religion from the government and the people. The recent demand of this supreme religious authority, while denoting the continuation and strengthening of the clergy as a status group, has social implications with negative side-effects:
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