Wilayat al-faqih/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Wilayat al-faqih.

A controversial concept in Shi'a Islam, "authority of the jurisprudent", developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as the basis for clerical rule in Iran; by no means universally accepted by Iraqi and other Shi'a

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