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Article: IRAN: HAQQANI: THEOLOGY AND THOUGHT.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Graduates of Qom's Haqqani School are active throughout Iran's government and are in some of the most sensitive positions of power, and one alumnus -- Ali-Akbar Fallahian-Khuzestani -- intends to compete in the 8 June 2001 presidential election. The Haqqani School is noteworthy because it serves as a connection between so many individuals, but nowadays it also denotes an extremist school of thought advocating violence against one's enemies and strict clerical control over social and governmental affairs. Most Iranian cities have several religious educational institutions, but Qom and Mashhad are considered the centers of Shia theology (some see Najaf in Iraq as an ...
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