Jump to content

Kazem Nourmofidi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Aflantwo (talk | contribs) at 12:08, 10 June 2020 (External links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.



Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi
سید کاظم نورمفیدی
File:Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi.jpg
Representative of the Supreme Leader in Golestan and Friday Prayers Imam of Gorgan
Assumed office
12 August 1981
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
12 December 1982
ConstituencyGolestan
Personal details
BornGorgan, Iran

Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi (Persian: سید کاظم نورمفیدی, born 1940) is a Supreme Leader's representative in Golestan Province, The leader of congregational Friday prayers of Gorgan, and is a member of the Assembly of Experts in Iran. He is considered the oldest Friday prayer leader in the country and the only representative of the reformist Supreme Leader in Iran.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Biography

Before Iran revolution

Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was born in 1940. After elementary school, at the age of twelve, he studied religious sciences, and after four years of studying in Gorgan, he moved to Mashhad and from there to Qom. In the important centres of Islamic education, he studied religious sciences and attained the degree of ijtihad. Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohaghegh Damad, Mohammad Ali Araki, Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Morteza Haeri Yazdi and Morteza Motahhari were among his professors.[8]

Marriage

In 1962 he married the sister of Mohammad Fazel Lankarani and he has three sons and a daughter.[9]

Struggles

Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi was an activist in the fight against Pahlavi. He was once commissioned by Ruhollah Khomeini to deliver his message to the mullahs of Gorgan.[10]

After Iran revolution

He at the beginning of the Iranian Revolution, he became the head of the temporary committee of the youth revolution. In 1979, he was appointed as the Friday Imamate of Gorgan and the representative of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini in Gorgan and Dasht region. After Khomeini's death, the sentence of representing his supreme leader was enforced by Seyyed Ali Khamenei. [11][12][13]

Career

He is now the representative of the Vali-Faqih in Golestan province, leader of congregational Friday prayers, a member of the Assembly of experts, lecturer in the supreme and outside of the jurisprudence of Gorgan Seminary and the head of the Management Council of the Golestan Seminary.[12] [11]

References

  1. ^ حکم انتصاب آقای سید کاظم نورمفیدی به سمت امامت جمعه گرگان [The order to appoint Mr. Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi as the Friday Imamate of Gorgan by Ruhollah Khomeini]
  2. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; Iran's New President Is Critical of Mitterrand", The New York Times, 12 August 1981
  3. ^ "Cleric Calls Velayat-e Faqih Axis of the System", Tehran Times
  4. ^ "Imam Khomeini's comprehensive website", Emam.com
  5. ^ "امام جمعه گرگان: مردم ایران قدرشناس حافظان امنیت کشور هستند", IRNA, 28 January 2019
  6. ^ "نماینده ولی‌فقیه در گلستان: مردم باید آثار و برکات پرداخت زکات را لمس کنند", Asr Iran
  7. ^ "خاطره آیت الله نورمفیدی از انتصاب به عنوان امام جمعه گرگان؛ امام فرمود در سنگر نشستن ترکش هم دارد" [Ayatollah Noor mofidi's memory of his appointment as Friday Imam of Gorgan; The Imam said that sitting in the trench also has fragments], Jamaran
  8. ^ "Noor mofidi". andishvaran. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "نورمفیدی، سید کاظم" [Noor Mofidi, Seyed Kazem], Hawzah.net
  10. ^ "روایت آیت‌الله نورمفیدی از ظلم رژیم پهلوی" [Ayatollah Noor mofidi's account of the oppression of the Pahlavi regime], Tasnim News
  11. ^ a b "حکم انتصاب آقای سید کاظم نورمفیدی به سمت نماینده ولی فقیه در گرگان" [The appointment of Mr. Seyed Kazem Normufidi as the representative of the Supreme Leader in Gorgan by Ruhollah Khomeini], Ruhollah Khomeini Official Website
  12. ^ a b "حکم انتصاب آقای سید کاظم نورمفیدی به سمت امامت جمعه گرگان" [The order to appoint Mr. Seyed Kazem Noor Mofidi by Ruhollah Khomeini], Ruhollah Khomeini Official Website
  13. ^ "رهبر انقلاب: از جذاب‌ترین نعمِ شگفتی‌ساز خداوند، نماز است" [Leader of the Revolution: One of the most fascinating blessings of God is prayer], Khabar Online


Category:1940 births Category:Iranian Islamists Category:Living people Category:Iranian Shia Muslims Category:Iranian ayatollahs Category:Members of the Assembly of Experts