mullah's
Religious leader's possession
Mullah's is the possessive form of mullah, an Islamic religious leader or teacher, particularly in Shia traditions.
The term appears in references to clerical authority: the mullah's sermon, the mullah's ruling on the matter.
In Western media, it often carries connotations of conservative or fundamentalist Islam, especially regarding Iran's theocratic leadership.
Clergy's worship address
- fatwaIslamic legal pronouncement
- turbanWrapped cloth headdress
- robeLong loose outer garment
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
madrasa · congregation · teaching · prayer · Quran · interpretation · authority · cleric
Power to affect others
- regimeSystem of governance
- theocracyRule by religious authority
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
- TalibanAfghan Islamist movement
decree · power · establishment · rule · ideology · conservative · revolutionary · opposition
One formally enrolled somewhere
- seminaryClergy training college
- scholarLearned, studious person
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
training · curriculum · memorization · certification · texts · Arabic · Persian · instruction
sermon
Clergy's worship address
mosque · madrasa · congregation · teaching · prayer · Quran · interpretation · authority · cleric · pulpit
influence
Power to affect others
Taliban · decree · power · establishment · rule · ideology · conservative · revolutionary · opposition · sanctions
student
One formally enrolled somewhere
disciple · training · curriculum · memorization · certification · texts · Arabic · Persian · instruction · mentorship
mullah'ssecularist
Advocate for nonreligious governance
politician's · layman · bureaucrat's · civilian · politician
mullah'slayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
layman's · layman · laywoman · congregant · parishioner