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Ali Qoddusi (also Ghoddosi or Qodusi) (1927–1981) was an Iranian cleric and a major actor in the 1979 revolution.
Qoddusi was born in 1927 in the province of Hamadan. He joined the Qom seminaries in 1944 and studied with, among others, grand ayatollah Hossein Borujerdi. His particular interests in his studies were ethics (akhlaq) and spirituality. Organizationally, he was eager to modernize the educational system of the hawza and to make the hawza again politically relevant.
In 1964, he co-founded the Haqqani School, a Shiite seminary in Qom, from which many of the Islamic Republic's political elites were later recruited. Qoddusi was active in the struggle against the Shah, in particular in 1963 when the Shah sought to condemn Khomeini to death, but then instead decided to merely exile him. In 1966, Qoddusi was imprisoned for a short time in Qezel Qaleh Prison.
In the 1970s, Qoddusi became the director of the Haqqani School, where in 1973/74 he opened a women's section for the training of female religious authorities. The women's section became known as Interview with Daughter of Allamah Tabataba’i
/ref> Together they had two daughters and four sons, one of whom, Muhammad Hasan, died in the Iran–Iraq War. After the revolution, Khomeini appointed Qoddusi as Attorney General. Shortly after, he was killed in a bomb explosion in his office on September 5, 1981.
Qoddusi was born in 1927 in the province of Hamadan. He joined the Qom seminaries in 1944 and studied with, among others, grand ayatollah Hossein Borujerdi. His particular interests in his studies were ethics (akhlaq) and spirituality. Organizationally, he was eager to modernize the educational system of the hawza and to make the hawza again politically relevant.
In 1964, he co-founded the Haqqani School, a Shiite seminary in Qom, from which many of the Islamic Republic's political elites were later recruited. Qoddusi was active in the struggle against the Shah, in particular in 1963 when the Shah sought to condemn Khomeini to death, but then instead decided to merely exile him. In 1966, Qoddusi was imprisoned for a short time in Qezel Qaleh Prison.
In the 1970s, Qoddusi became the director of the Haqqani School, where in 1973/74 he opened a women's section for the training of female religious authorities. The women's section became known as Maktab-e Tawhid Maktab-e Tawhid (also Maktab-e Tawhīd) was a Shi'i seminary for women, established in Qom, Iran's clerical center in 1975, as a wing of the Haghani school.
The founding of the seminary followed similar institutions in Qom, Fasa, Shiraz and Isfah ...
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Ayatollah Qoddusi was married to Najma Sādāt Tabātabā'ī Najma (Arabic: نجمة) or Al-Najma may refer to:
Women with the given name
*Najma Akhtar (born 1964), British singer of Indian ancestry
* Najma Akhtar (academic) (born 1953), Indian academic and academic administrator
* Najma Begum (born 1967), ...
, the daughter of Allameh Tabatabai
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his ''T ...
./ref> Together they had two daughters and four sons, one of whom, Muhammad Hasan, died in the Iran–Iraq War. After the revolution, Khomeini appointed Qoddusi as Attorney General. Shortly after, he was killed in a bomb explosion in his office on September 5, 1981.
See also
*Shahid Qoddoosi High School
Shahid Qoddusi High School is located in Qom, Iran, and named after Ayatollah Qoddusi. This high school, is designed for exceptionally talented students in Iran, and is managed under the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talent ...
References
Biographies
* Biography of Martyr Ayatollah Ali Quddusi and Yare Quddusian, a Look at Martyr Quddusi’s Life, Islamic Revolution Document Center. {{DEFAULTSORT:Qoddusi, Ali 1927 births 1981 deaths Iranian Shia clerics Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom members Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine