• ashar@infosec.pub
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    7 months ago

    It’s the government’s pet religious authority. They will produce any opinion that the government wants. Is there a name for these kind of scholars in Islamic history?

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      7 months ago

      Yes in Arabic they are derogatorily called وعاظ السلاطين the sultans’ preachers.