The Lucid and Succinct Discussion by R.K.Moore ...

Hi,

The lucid and illuminative discussion, though very brief, by Moore suffers 
from the same logicial problems as most mainstream debates on non-Western 
issues.
The installation of Ayatollah is not clear in his debate. If it is taken as 
to refer to one person or to the whole ruling class in Iran, or to the whole 
religious establishment in Iran, regardless their various factions and 
frictions within the establishment or those who are Ayatollah(s) but are 
outside of this established discourses ... .
Besides it should be noted, even I don't intend to be pedantic, that 
Ayatollah means not a person but 'sign of Allah' which has specific meaning 
within the Islamic Worldview, and its monopolization by a minority within 
the current Iranian Clerocracy is in itself an interesting sociological 
phenomenon.
However, the diversity between even Ayatollahs should be recognized and the 
relevance of their established vs unestablished attempts should be properly 
understood-if we mean to change the current state of affairs on a global 
scale.

Thank you for reading and wish you all a happy New Year!

Kafkazli Seyed
University of Bristol
Faculty of Social Science
England
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