Sheikh Fazlollah Nuri

Life and Thought

Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri was a prominent jurist and cleric of the Qajar era and one of the influential and controversial figures of the Iranian Constitutional Movement. He initially supported the justice-seeking movement, but later opposed the common constitutionalist interpretation of legislation and parliament, defending the idea of 'Mashruteh Mashru'eh' (Sharia-based constitutionalism).

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Martyred Sheikh or Reactionary Mullah?

January 10, 2017