noun
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A religious scholar and teacher of sharia law.
Examples of mullahs in a Sentence
The mullahs are referred to in questions concerning religious law, hold religious assemblies, preach in mosques, teach in colleges, and are appointed by the government as judges, head-preachers, &c. Thus the dignitaries, whose character seems to us specially a religious one, are in reality doctors, or expounders and interpreters of the law, and officiating ministers charged with the ordinary accomplishment of certain ceremonies, which every other Mussulman, true believer, has an equal right to fulfil.
The shah and the government have no voice whatever in the matter of appointing mullahs or mujta/zids, but frequently appoint s/zeilths-ul-islam and cadis, and occasionally chief priests of mosques that receive important subsidies out of government funds.
The officials charged with the administration of justice according to the shar are judges, called sheik/i-ui-islam and kazi (had/i, kadi or cadi of Arabs and Turks), members of the clergy appointed by the government and receiving a fixed salary, but some cities are without regular appointed judges and the title of cadi is almost obsolete; decisions according to the .char are given by all members of the clergy, ranging from ignorant mullahs of little villages and cantons to learned mujiahids of the great cities.
The new king soon fell under the influence of mullahs, and was led so far to forget his own origin as to persecute the Sufis.
Rubruquis, who visited East Turkestan in 1254, Marco Polo between 1271 and 1275, and Hois in 1680, all bore witness to great religious tolerance; but this entirely disappeared with the invasion of the Bokharian mullahs or Mahommedan priests.
In countries like Afghanistan the mullahs exert an influence over the populace which sometimes rivals that of the amir himself, and they have been responsible for many disturbances in Kabul.
The older system is a religious one, taught by the mullahs, who conduct schools in the village mosques.
Imagine regressing to a 16th century world run by mullahs!
As Iraq crushed Communists at home and fought Iranian mullahs abroad, few apprehensions about its weapons were expressed.
This is a dangerous game, not least for the Iranian mullahs.
Iran's antipathy toward the West did not spontaneously generate out of the crazed rhetoric of radical mullahs.
The mullahs, who fix the burial fees, derive an enormous revenue from the faithful.
The mullahs or priests enjoy very great influence, but the people are very superstitious, believing in witchcraft, omens, spirits and the evil eye.
Their scepticism and extortion had tired their subjects, and the mullahs gave Yusef a "fetva" authorizing him to remove them in the interest of religion.
The mullahs of these mosques are generally men of considerable power.
These are the sirdars, the khans and the mullahs.
The sirdars are hereditary nobles, the khans are representatives of the people, and the mullahs of Mahommedan religion.
The mullahs take their place in one or the other according to their individual rank.