Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari

Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari (Persian: محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری) is an Iranian conservative politician and a Twelver cleric. He serves as temporary Imam of Friday Prayer in Tehran.[1]

Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari
Haj Ali Akbari in 2022
Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer Imam
Assumed office
31 December 2018
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Vice President of Iran
Head of National Youth Organization
In office
29 August 2005 – 24 July 2009
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byRahim Ebadi
Succeeded byMehrdad Bazrpash
Personal details
BornJune 1965 (age 58)
Damavand, Tehran Province, Iran
Alma materQom Seminary
Military service
RankBrigadier general

Early life

Akbari obtained his bachelor's degree in the subject of fiqh and Islamic law after studying elementary (related) education. He studied in the superior levels and "Kharej-Fiqh Osul" (a kind of high-level lessons in seminary) while learning Arabic and English.[1]

Among his known teachers are: Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, Abdollah Javadi-Amoli,[1][2] Mohammed Emami-Kashani and Aziz Khoshvaght.[3]

Career

Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, appointed him as chief of "Imams of Friday Prayer Policy Council" in 2018.[4][5]

He served as head of "Imam Sadiq Seminary", Damavant Imam-Jom'ah", the representative of the supreme leader in the "Union of students Islamic Associations".[1][6]

Mahsa Amini protests

In the wake of the Mahsa Amini protests, Ali-Akbari said, "Our security is our distinctive privilege. The Iranian people demand the harshest punishment for these barbaric rioters," at the Friday prayers on September 30, 2022.[7]

See also

References
  1. "The biography of Hujjat al-Islam Haj Ali Akbari, the temporary Imam-Jom'ah of Tehran". farsnews.com. 8 Jan 2019.
  2. The temporary Imam-Jom'ah of Tehran, Haj Ali Akbari + his records eghtesadnews.com Retrieved 8 Jan 2019
  3. Biography / Hujjat al-Islam Haj Ali Akbari was appointed as the temporary Imam of Friday prayer ehavadar.com Retrieved 8 Jan 2019
  4. Hujatul-IslamHaj Ali Akbari snn.ir
  5. حجت الاسلام حاج علی اکبری / Hojjat al-Islam Haj Ali Akbari
  6. Hujatul-IslamHaj Ali Akbari snn.ir Retrieved 8 Jan 2019
  7. Hafezi, Parisa (30 September 2022). "Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest". Reuters.
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