Democratic authority, public Islam, and Shi’i jurisprudence in Iran and Iraq: Hussain Ali Montazeri and Ali Sistani

This article compares the democratic thought and practice of two influential Shi’i Muslim theologians in Iran and Iraq. It argues that a new conception of Shi’i traditional authority has been developed by senior clerics Hussain Ali Montazeri and Ali Sistani offering a new model of clerical authority...

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