Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari | |
|---|---|
محمد کاظم شریعتمداری | |
Shariatmadari during the 60's | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 January 1906 |
| Died | 3 April 1986 (aged 80) |
| Era | Modern history |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shi'a |
| Jurisprudence | Jafari |
| Creed | Usuli |
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (Persian: محمد کاظم شریعتمداری), also spelled Shariat-Madari (5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986), was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from governmental positions and was a critic of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, denouncing the taking hostage of diplomats at the US embassy in Tehran.