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Hossein Wahid Khorasani
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He is the current head of the Qom Seminary . Khorasani is considered to be the most learned religious authority alive.1 Acta orientalia: ediderunt societates orientales Batava, Danica, Norvegica . Restoring the Balance: Using the Qur’an and the Sunnah to Guide a Return to the Prophet’s Islam .2
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iranian twelver shi'a marja
Now
iranian author and shia marja'
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