Word: faqih
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...filth of despotism and shed off an alien culture and mode of thought." So says the remarkable 175-article constitution that the Iranians approved last week by a claimed margin of more than 99%. Instead of any alien mode of thought, the new constitution gives all power to a Faqih, or supreme religious figure-that is, Khomeini. This Faqih is supposed to be "respected by the majority of the people as their undisputed leader," but there is no provision for his being elected. While filling this lifetime post, the Faqih "will assume all the duties and responsibilites of the country...
...religious leaders. Though it has passed only 23 of 151 proposed articles so far, the Assembly approved the most pivotal provision: Article 5, which would lay the legal ground for the establishment of a Shi'ite Muslim theocracy Specifically, the article upholds the principle Velayat-e-faqih, the theologians' right to rule, and gives supreme political as well as spiritual authority to a "virtuous, brave, judicious and administratively skilled theologian who is abreast of the times and is accepted and recognized as leader by a majority of the people" No one had to ask who that theologian might...