Life and Thought
Mohammad Taghi Fazel Meybodi (b. July 28, 1953, in Meybod) is a reformist Iranian Shia cleric, a member of the Assembly of Qom Seminary Researchers and Teachers, and a professor at Mofid University in Qom. Having studied for years under Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Abdollah Javadi Amoli, and Naser Makarem Shirazi, he is known for reformist positions on hijab, religious authority (marja'iyat), clerical titles, and the relationship between religion and the state.