Mohammad Alavi Gorgani

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
Born 1922 (age 89–90)
Najaf, Iraq [1]
Religion Twelver Shi'a Islam
Website
www.gorgani.ir

Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani (Persian: سيد محمد على حسينى علوى گرگانى) (born 1922) is an Iranian Twelver shi'a marja.[2][3][4] He was born in a religious family in Golestan, Iran. He rose to a leading scholar in Najaf, and moved to Qom in 1979. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani studied under the late Ayatollah Bourujerdi.[5]

Opposition

Grand Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani is a leading critic of Khamenei and has repeatedly questioned his clerical credentials.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ (Persian) Biography of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005
  2. ^ List of Maraji in Arabic
  3. ^ List of Maraji in Persian (1)
  4. ^ List of Maraji in Persian (2)
  5. ^ (Persian) Works of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005
  6. ^ (Persian) Views of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005