Hossein Noori Hamedani

Hossein Noori Hussain Nuri Hamedani or Hamadani (Persian حسين نورى همدانى; * 1925 (1304 according to the Iranian calendar) in Hamadan ) is a Grand Ayatollah, who is counted among the religious-political hardliners of the Shia scholars in Iran. He was one of the supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who in turn can be regarded as his followers in the religious field.

Origin

Hossein Noori Hamedani was born in 1926 as the son of Hodschatoleslam Ibrahim Noori Hamedani in Hamadan.

Fatwas and Views

In a recent, undated legal opinion ( fatwa No. 2959 ) Hamedani answers the question, until which time the fatwa of a deceased lawyer must continue to be followed. Hamedani comes to the conclusion that it was not lawful to follow the fatwa of a deceased jurist on. Only one still living jurist could give his followers permission to follow the fatwas of the deceased continue, if they want to follow now his legal opinions. This ( extremely ) must have been recognized scholar on the condition that this trailer for a long time have to be followed the fatwas of the deceased, and this one.

With regard to the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, who had declared a fatwa the current government Ahmadinejad as illegitimate, corresponding correlations could with the recent fatwa Nooris reveal.

Another fatwa ( Nr.2862 ) excludes the possibility of temporarily store the hijab when they would be required to study at a foreign university.

Call for murder

Hamedani one of the four Shiite ayatollahs in Qom, who writes a call to murder the Iranian-born rapper Shahin Najafi Köllner. The call was subject of worldwide demonstrations.