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Mehdi Haeri Yazdi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent shia islamic cleric in iran and the first son of sheikh abdul karim haeri yazdi”. Today it says “iranian philosopher and shia islamic cleric”.
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Mehdi Haeri Yazdi ( ; ; al-Ḥa’irī̄ al-Yazdī̄ ; b. 1923, Qom , Sublime State of Persia – 8 July 1999, Tehran , Iran ) was an Iranian philosopher and Shia Islamic cleric.1 He was the first son of Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi , the founder of Qom Seminary and teacher of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , who became the leader of the Iranian Revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity .
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prominent shia islamic cleric in iran and the first son of sheikh abdul karim haeri yazdi
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iranian philosopher and shia islamic cleric
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