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	washingtonpost.com: Exiled Saudi Is Dissident to Some, Terrorist to Others
		Faqih's archenemy, the Saudi government, calls him a terrorist who is conspiring to overthrow the royal family and replace it with a strict Islamic government acceptable to Osama bin Laden.
		Faqih asserts that one member of the royal family hired two local thugs who attempted to kidnap him from his doorstep a year ago, in what Saudi officials insist was an unauthorized operation.
		Faqih says he knows he is being watched and that he has to be circumspect: "I am intelligent enough to know that I am surrounded by a crowd of intelligence." Whenever he receives calls from people calling for assassinations, he says, he tries to head them off.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A29641-2004Jul5?language=printer (2504 words)

	Velayat i-faqih
		And the revolutionary idea which in part animated the revolution and dominated Iran after the fall of the Shah of Iran, was the brainchild of a brilliant and learned Shi'ite, the Ayatullah Khumeyni.
		It's possible that velayat i-faqih, or some version of it, may become the model of Islamic government in the twenty-first century and beyond.
		Velayat i-faqih puts on top of this problem-solving function the necessity that the solutions also be properly "Islamic," so that a great deal of energy is spent in all branches of government in justifying government programs and laws in the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and Islamic tradition.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/GLOSSARY/VELIFAG.HTM (1219 words)

	Iran - The Faqih
		According to Article 5, the faqih is the just and pious jurist who is recognized by the majority of the people at any period as best qualified to lead the nation.
		After Khomeini, the office of faqih is to pass to an equally qualified jurist.
		In accordance with Article 107, an eighty-three-member Assembly of Experts was elected in December 1982 to choose a successor to Khomeini.
	countrystudies.us /iran/82.htm (366 words)

	News: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, Indonesia: Anti-graft activist jailed for aid theft
		Faqih is coordinator of the Government Watch (GOWA) anti-corruption group and has been highly critical of the notoriously corrupt military's handling of relief aid in Aceh.
		Faqih was arrested with three members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who allegedly assisted in the removal of the supplies but were never brought to court.
		Faqih said he would leave any decision on whether to appeal in the hands of his lawyers.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6DND4Q?OpenDocument (699 words)

	Israeli Checkpoints - Palestinians - Worldpress.org
		While Faqih was at Huwara, a soldier stopped an elderly woman with heart problems from crossing the checkpoint while allowing her husband to pass.
		Faqih, from the town of Marah Rabah in the Bethlehem district, is not an unknown quantity.
		Faqih, or Abu Ayman, was also a sports commentator for Bethlehem television and plays the rababa [the one-string Bedouin violin] while impersonating classic rababa singers ranging from Muharib Deeb to Abdo Mousa from Jordan.
	www.worldpress.org /Mideast/1682.cfm (832 words)

	MuslimVoice.Net
		Faqih’s policy, wherever he goes, is to not change the community’s ways or “cause a stir,” and so he describes his leadership position as one of being patient and having faith.
		Faqih did say that the turnout was “good” and that he appreciated the input and concerns of the individuals.
		Faqih states that he is in position where he wants to “do a lot” but does not want to “run thin.” He emphasizes the importance and need of the community to help him.
	www.muslimvoice.net /california.html (2135 words)

	Los Angeles Times: Saudi Dissident Feels Comfortable in Britain
		Faqih denies that he supports Al Qaeda or terrorism, but he says attacks such as the one that rocked London last week are an inevitable response to Western foreign policy, especially the invasion of Iraq.
		Faqih does not dispute that he was friendly with Fawwaz, but he vigorously denies ever having bought him a satellite phone.
		Faqih said he didn't have any fears that the British government would take action against him in the aftermath of last week's bombings, no matter how much pressure is exerted by the U.S. and Saudi governments.
	fairuse.1accesshost.com /news3/latimes117.htm (996 words)

	Palestine Report - Checkpoint entertainer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While Faqih was at Huwara, a soldier stopped an elderly woman with heart problems from crossing the checkpoint while allowing her husband to pass.
		Faqih, from the town of Marah Rabah in the Bethlehem district, is not an unknown quantity.
		Faqih, or Abu Ayman, was also a sports commentator for Bethlehem television and plays the rababa [the one-string Bedouin violin] while impersonating classic rababa singers from Muharib Deeb to Abdo Mousa from Jordan.
	www.palestinereport.org /article.php?article=173 (718 words)

	frontline: terror and tehran: interviews: grand ayatollah yusef saanei \| PBS
		As for the meaning of velayat-e faqih, as for the legal meaning of it, it is as stated in the constitution.
		And therefore I think the concept of velayat-e faqih is in accordance with democracy and what the majority want, in its real meaning and the meaning as I and many legal experts understand it, and the perspective of the masses of the people and Imam [Ayatollah Khomeini], the founder of the Islamic Republic, had wanted.
		Imam recognized the people as the main foundation, and it is interesting to note that Imam mentioned something about the jurisdiction and vote of the people in his speech at the Behesht-e Zahra [Tehran's cemetery] in 1979, that perhaps until then many of the supporters of the people's rights had not paid attention to.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/saanei.html (2838 words)

	IRANIAN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE MUST MOVE INSIDE: SHARIATMADARI
		Because of the « confusion and the fragility » of the situation in Iran, he refused to say when, in his view, the time will come for the opposition to be allowed to move inside Iran, adding, however, that this moment « was at hand ».
		To fight the velayat e faqih, a system which has its followers, a quite strong political and military structure with 20 years of experience of power, one need a co-ordinated, patient, calculated struggle.
		At the same time, he says, supporters of the velayat e faqih must learn to use the laws, not force and violence, to defend their ideal.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/shariatmadari.html (549 words)

	Government
		The faqih generally oversees the operation of the government to ensure that its policies and actions conform to Islamic principles.
		However, in keeping with the practice established by Khomeini, the faqih is expected to refrain from involvement in the day-to-day affairs of governance.
		The faqih appoints the head of the Supreme Council of Justice; constitutional amendments passed in 1989 combined this office with that of chief justice of the Supreme Court.
	www.hekmat.net /iran/government.htm (1671 words)

	Wilayat Al-Faqih - AIM Forums
		Welayat- e- Faqih (the Governance of the Jurist) means that during the time of the Greater Occultation, as it stipulated by Imam Mahdi (A), the Faqih has been vested with authority and powers through which the problems of the Muslims will be resolved.
		The Waliye Faqih's fatwas are, in the affairs related to the government, are prior to the other Faqihs' Fatwas, unless a certain faqih considers the authority of the Faqih limited.
		In any case, a part from the issue of the Wilayat-e- Faqih, all Fuqaha (jurists) have a consensus that in the affairs that a certain faqih has undertaken another faqih is not allowed to concern himself with.
	www.aimislam.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1418 (5203 words)

	Wilayat al
		A Faqih may be defined as "an individual who possesses the ability to find most or all of the general rules and legal commandments of Shari’ah from the original sources." In other words, he should have sufficient training in the preliminary requisites to establish proper inference and reasoning.
		The expertise of a Faqih is comparable to the kind of expertise required of a physician or an engineer in his own field; the difference being that the tools used by the Faqih are different, just as the job performed and the results obtained are also of a different class.
		It is, moreover, one of the pillars of the Wilayat of the Faqih.
	www.theislamicseminary.org /articles/wilayat_al-faqih/wilayat.htm (19244 words)

	Indonesia says aid chief stole - Asia tsunami - www.theage.com.au
		Mr Faqih was arrested with three members of the Islamic group, the Islamic Defenders Front, who allegedly assisted in the removal.
		Mr Faqih appeared to have been badly beaten, but Colonel Nachrowi said it was unclear who was responsible.
		Government Watch said Mr Faqih had permission to store the goods he was accused of stealing and said he had been given permission by the army to move them from the airport.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Asia-tsunami/Indonesia-says-aid-chief-stole/2005/01/27/1106415738514.html?oneclick=true (526 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The faqih is elected by an elected assembly of clerics known as the Assemby of Experts (AOE).
		Well, it is a kind of legal "election rigging." Additionally, what it means is that "if" the faqih is aligned with his appointees on the Council of Guardians, "then" the judges only approve of candidates for the AOE who will back the faqih.
		Since the representatives of the AOE owe their positions to the faqih by indirection and the COG directly then they are less likely to pursue this course of action.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/34-130.aspx (685 words)

	habib
		At the proper age, he went to the Qur'anic kuttab at Qantara Abu'r-Ru'us in the Sharabiliyyin quarter where he studied with the faqih and righteous wali, Sidi al-Hashimi as-Sanhaji, learning the basics of reading and writing and recitation of the Noble Qur'an.
		In the Abu'l-Junud Mosque in Fes he studied with the renowed faqih with pure recitation, Sidi Mahmad al-Irari, concentrating on the Ajrummiyya, the Alfiyya and as-Sullam by Bannani and the Qualities of Muhammad by at-Tirmidhi.
		From the faqih and Shaykh of Islam, Moulay 'Abdullah ibn Idris al-Badrawi, he learned the Sahih of al-Bukhari, part of the Mukhtasar of Khalil, al- Isti'ara of Shaykh at-Tayyib ibn Kiran, and part of the Hamziyya by al-Busiri with the commentary of Ibn Hajar.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/ABewley/habib.html (1206 words)

	A profile of the foundation/bases of the Trusteeship (Wilayat al-faqih)
		faqih) does not possess the authority to summon for primary jihad (contrary to defensive jihad).
		For, the meaning of the wilayah is that all the authority is in the hands of the wali-e faqih, and the people are under the guardianship, are interdicted, and have not the authority to comment.
		And they conclude that these kinds of referendums and elections are invalid and necessarily invalidating, for, they contradict the content of the contract and the mutual undertaking, and consequently, the referendums held so far are invalid and invalidating, and the government in which they resulted in are invalid.
	www.nezam.org /english/wilayah_jawadi.htm (9839 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| A government on the opposition bench (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Confrontations between the faqih Ayatollah Khomeini and President Bani Sadr, between the clergy supporting the Vilayet-i-Faqih (rule of the supreme jurist) and their opponents, such as Ayatollah Montazari -- these are only a few examples.
		The faqih, currently Ayatollah Khamenei, appoints the Council of Guardians, the head of the judiciary, military commanders and Revolutionary Guards, and can dismiss the president.
		Yet the faqih is not chosen in a general election; he is elected for an unlimited period of time by the Assembly of Experts (which also supervises and, if necessary, suspends him).
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/408/op5.htm (1510 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		However, Dr. Faqih said that 2,000 or 3,000 people were detained in each of Riyadh and Jeddah.
		I accept Dr. Faqih's saying that it was just a matter of coincidence that he called for demonstration against the Saudi government, on the same day that Osama bin Laden posted a speech on the Internet, where he highly focused on Saudism.
		I admit that I never read the number 'trillion' except in the American budget, however, Dr. Faqih wants us to believe that this sum was stolen in Saudi Arabia, as if there was a financial account specialist who had counted them himself.
	english.daralhayat.com /opinion/OPED/12-2004/Article-20041222-fbdf45bf-c0a8-10ed-0004-aa029123b042/story.html (1434 words)

	Shia Political Thought
		Essentially with regards to some functions of the faqih such as ‘qada’, it seems incredible if one supposes that it is conditioned on ‘alamiya because this implies on a very large scale that the Shi’a community has only one faqih who has legitimate authority to judge.
		Certainly, in a situation wherein a few faqih are completely equal in all qualifications of leadership except ijtihad, one might claim that the authority of a’lem has priority over others, especially when he is the most knowledgeable in social- political aspects of Islamic law.
		Moreover, according to what has been discussed in the previous chapter about the meaning of absolute authority of a just faqih, the first criticism is also irrelevant, because the guardianship of a faqih is not beyond the control of a group of elected experts who supervise and control his usage of power and authority.
	www.al-islam.org /shiapoliticalthought/4.htm (9469 words)

	Bahrain Tribune Daily Newspaper, Bahrain
		Wilayat Al Faqih grants the jurist leader the leadership of the society and the governance of their economic, social, political, military and scientific affairs.
		They consider such violations by the officials as “dangers that are threatening their Islamic state.” While the Iranian officials believe that it is their duty to protect “Wilayat Al Faqih” system, some Iranian people believe that they have the right not follow this system of religious leadership.
		Some Iranians also believe that although they are required to obey the orders and the instructions of the main jurist “Al-Faqih,” they have the right, and it is their duty, to ask for their rights that are included in their constitution.
	www.bahraintribune.com /ArticleDetail.asp?CategoryId=4&ArticleId=20220 (871 words)

	Bait al Faqih \| Travel Story and Pictures from Yemen
		It was only 6 am and I was soaking wet with sweat when I walked to the taxi station in Al Hudayda to go to Bait al Faqih.
		It was a Friday, and the Friday market of Bait al Faqih is one of the biggest and most interesting in Yemen.
		The Bait al Faqih market is mainly fresh produce from the region, but I also saw other things for sale: extremely old TV sets, clothes, calebas, baskets and other items.
	www.traveladventures.org /continents/asia/baitalfaqih.shtml (368 words)

	Saudi exile denies supporting Al Qaeda - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia demanded the UN Security Council on Tuesday to ban two Saudi citizens; Saad Al Faqih and Adel Batterjee, from international travel and freeze their assets for allegedly providing financial and material support to Al Qaeda leader, Ossama bin Laden.
		Al Faqih strongly denied having any links to Al Qaeda, and said that he hadn't been informed by the authorities about the possible sanctions.
		Al Faqih leads the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia in London which calls for replacing the Saudi kingdom with a popularly elected government.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=6372 (787 words)

	PROFILE: PALESTINIAN ACTOR DOES COMEDY ROUTINE AT ISRAELI CHECKPOINTS TO REDUCE STRESS AND TENSION
		Faqih speaks fluent Hebrew and watches news in both Hebrew and Arabic to update his act.
		Faqih says his act has also gotten him out of trouble several times.
		He was caught at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Jerusalem without a permit and, he says, the soldier took him behind a Jeep and raised his club to beat Faqih.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/transcripts/2003/dec/031206.gradstein.html (817 words)

	VELAYAT-E FAQIH IN THE CONSTITUTION OF IRAN: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		[208] for fear that lessening the Faqih's religious credentials would have a concomitant deleterious effect on the way in which the Faqih was perceived and obeyed by the people.
		[182] The ability to overrule other religious leaders was extended not just to the single Faqih but also to the group of 3 to 5 religious leaders to be established, according to the constitution, in the absence of a single leader capable of assuming power.
		Critics asked "[i]f the Faqih, the highest source of emulation, is not one and the same as the Vali, the ruler, then who has absolute authority and the right to rule in the name of God?" Id.
	www.gongfa.com /yilangxianfa.htm (10490 words)

	Observations on the Repression of Women (ROOZ :: English)
		The answer is clear: Because the women's question is directly linked to the theory of the velayat-e faqih [rule by an Islamic jurist/cleric, current system of rule in Iran] and the continuation of rule by Islamic jurists/clerics [fuqaha].
		According to the people who subscribe to the theory of the velayat-e faqih, a faqih has authority because he is well-versed in fiqh.
		The implementation of fiqh requires two things: first, someone who is well-versed in fiqh (a faqih) and, two, the establishment of a State and the handing over of supreme control to a faqih so that he can implement the shari'ah.
	www.roozonline.com /english/archives/2007/05/004552.php (4514 words)

	Jurisprudence Summary
		Veleyet-e faqih literally means "the authority or governance of the jurist" in Arabic and "rule of the religious jurisprudent"; ("jurisprudent"; referring to one who is learned in law) in Persian.
		Theoretically, veleyet-e faqih was contemplated in the nineteenth century as a definite legal consideration, but it became a political reality in Iran only under Ayatollah Khomeini after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
		The result was a government structure headed by the faqih, who would be an Islamic theologian overseeing the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of government.
	www.bookrags.com /Jurisprudence (1836 words)

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