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*From 2011, a group of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi's students and advocates founded a political organization under the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari). They introduced Ayatollah Misbah as a member of the Council of the Jurists of their organization. Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi has endorsed their statue and still gives them advice, but he has never accepted an official membership in the organization. | *From 2011, a group of Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi's students and advocates founded a political organization under the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari). They introduced Ayatollah Misbah as a member of the Council of the Jurists of their organization. Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi has endorsed their statue and still gives them advice, but he has never accepted an official membership in the organization. | ||
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Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi wrote many books in different fields of the Islamic thought, in which he has introduced his intellectual system. The tenets of his worldview include a maximal interpretation of the religion, alterity with the Western culture, the rejection of the possibility of different readings of the religion, the authority of the religious clergy in the study of the religion, and a defense of the [[Wilayat al-Faqih|Absolute Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist]]. | Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi wrote many books in different fields of the Islamic thought, in which he has introduced his intellectual system. The tenets of his worldview include a maximal interpretation of the religion, alterity with the Western culture, the rejection of the possibility of different readings of the religion, the authority of the religious clergy in the study of the religion, and a defense of the [[Wilayat al-Faqih|Absolute Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist]]. | ||
===Maximal Interpretation of the Religion=== | ===Maximal Interpretation of the Religion=== | ||
In Ayatollah Misbah's view, the religion is a comprehensive set of rulings and commands that cover all human needs both in this world and in the afterlife. For him, religious doctrines encompass all individual and social aspects of the human life. The religion, in his view, specifies axiological dimensions of phenomena. That is to say, the function of religion is to evaluate phenomena and instruct people on how to deal with them in order to achieve happiness. However, science explains how phenomena come to exist. | In Ayatollah Misbah's view, the religion is a comprehensive set of rulings and commands that cover all human needs both in this world and in the [[afterlife]]. For him, religious doctrines encompass all individual and social aspects of the human life. The religion, in his view, specifies axiological dimensions of phenomena. That is to say, the function of religion is to evaluate phenomena and instruct people on how to deal with them in order to achieve happiness. However, science explains how phenomena come to exist. | ||
===Conflict between Islamic and Western Cultures=== | ===Conflict between Islamic and Western Cultures=== | ||
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===Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist=== | ===Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist=== | ||
Ayatollah Misbah believes in the Absolute Guardianship of the | Ayatollah Misbah believes in the [[Wilayat al-Faqih|Absolute Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist]]. Since mind-1990s, he has been a main advocate of the view. According to him, the [[Guardianship of the Jurist]] is required in the Period of [[Occultation]] in order to enforce Islamic rulings and realize the Islamic government. Misbah believes that Islamic rulings cannot be fully enforced in a democratic government. Thus, the only possible form of an Islamic government is the one under the Guardianship of the Muslim Jurist. | ||
He also emphasizes on the "absolute" or the "unconditional" nature of the Guardianship of the jurist. For one thing, this rules out the limited Guardianship of Jurists in the periods of non-Islamic sultans and governments, and for another, it implies that in an Islamic government, the Jurist has all the authorities of an [[Infallible]]. Thus, according to the theory of [[Absolute Guardianship of the Jurist]], the qualified jurist has all the authorities possessed by the Infallible [[Imam]], and all regulations, instructions, and procedures within an Islamic government are legitimate only after the Jurist's endorsement. In this framework, the Jurist Guardian is thought to be appointed by God, and his rule is not considered to be legitimized by people's votes. People can only play a role in the realization of his rule. | He also emphasizes on the "absolute" or the "unconditional" nature of the Guardianship of the jurist. For one thing, this rules out the limited Guardianship of Jurists in the periods of non-Islamic sultans and governments, and for another, it implies that in an Islamic government, the Jurist has all the authorities of an [[Infallible]]. Thus, according to the theory of [[Absolute Guardianship of the Jurist]], the qualified jurist has all the authorities possessed by the Infallible [[Imam]], and all regulations, instructions, and procedures within an Islamic government are legitimate only after the Jurist's endorsement. In this framework, the Jurist Guardian is thought to be appointed by God, and his rule is not considered to be legitimized by people's votes. People can only play a role in the realization of his rule. | ||