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The '''Qom Seminary''' is the largest Islamic seminary (''hawza'') in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in [[Qom]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Walbridge | first = Linda S.
| author-link =
| title = The most learned of the Shiʻa: the institution of the Marjaʻ taqlid Oxford University Press, p.217 }}</ref> It trains Usuli scholars.
== History ==
Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as early as the 10th century CE,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dr.ntu.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10220/4382/RSIS-WORKPAPER_102.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Thinking ahead: Shi'ite Islam in Iraq and its seminaries, Christoph Marcinkowsi, Nayang Technological University, Singapore |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010085641/https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10220/4382/RSIS-WORKPAPER_102.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=2017-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the hawza (seminarium) of the city became prominent at the time of the [[Safavids]] when Shi'a Islam became the official religion of Iran in the 16th century. The famous teachers of that era included Mulla Sadra and Shaykh Bahai. The modern Qom hawza was revitalized by Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi and Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and is barely a century old. There are nearly three hundred thousand clerics in Iran’s seminaries.<ref>[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12421&pageid=20&pagename=Security A History of Tension between Iran's Clerics and the State, Mehdi Khalaji July 26th 2010 Washington Institute]</ref> [[Alireza Arafi]] is the director of the Qom seminaries.<ref>[https://www.alef.ir/news/4010607134.html آیتالله اعرافی بهعنوان مدیر حوزههای علمیه ابقا شد]</ref>
The contributions of Mohammad Taqi Bafqi are significant in the establishment of the modern Qom seminary. After relocating to Qom in 1337, Bafqi motivated local scholars, including Abu al-Qasim al-Kabir Qomi, (Sheikh) Mahdi the Philosopher, and Mirza Mohammad Arbab, to create a structured academic institution. However, these scholars believed that the formation of a seminary was contingent upon the arrival of a prominent scholar from outside Qom, given the prevailing circumstances and the mindset of the local populace. Ultimately, through Bafqi's persistence and the efforts of Mirza Mohammad Arbab and Sheikh Mohammad Reza Shariatmadar Sawji, a well-known scholar of that era residing in Qom, Abdul Karim Ha'eri was invited from Arak to establish a formal seminary in the city.<ref>[https://farsi.khamenei.ir/others-note?id=10300 تاریخ و سیر تحول حوزه علمیه قم در دوران معاصر/ 1]</ref>
== Qom Seminary Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Ali Khamenei meets Qom Seminary's students 2016 (2).jpg|Iran's supreme leader [[Ali Khamenei]] at the Qom Seminary, 15 March 2016
File:Qom Seminary.jpg|Qom Seminary.
File:IMG 20180308 111357 HDR.jpg|This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
| author-link =
| title = The most learned of the Shiʻa: the institution of the Marjaʻ taqlid Oxford University Press, p.217 }}</ref> It trains Usuli scholars.
== History ==
Although big Shi'a academies existed in Qom dating back as early as the 10th century CE,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dr.ntu.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10220/4382/RSIS-WORKPAPER_102.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Thinking ahead: Shi'ite Islam in Iraq and its seminaries, Christoph Marcinkowsi, Nayang Technological University, Singapore |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010085641/https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10220/4382/RSIS-WORKPAPER_102.pdf?sequence=1 |archive-date=2017-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the hawza (seminarium) of the city became prominent at the time of the [[Safavids]] when Shi'a Islam became the official religion of Iran in the 16th century. The famous teachers of that era included Mulla Sadra and Shaykh Bahai. The modern Qom hawza was revitalized by Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi and Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and is barely a century old. There are nearly three hundred thousand clerics in Iran’s seminaries.<ref>[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12421&pageid=20&pagename=Security A History of Tension between Iran's Clerics and the State, Mehdi Khalaji July 26th 2010 Washington Institute]</ref> [[Alireza Arafi]] is the director of the Qom seminaries.<ref>[https://www.alef.ir/news/4010607134.html آیتالله اعرافی بهعنوان مدیر حوزههای علمیه ابقا شد]</ref>
The contributions of Mohammad Taqi Bafqi are significant in the establishment of the modern Qom seminary. After relocating to Qom in 1337, Bafqi motivated local scholars, including Abu al-Qasim al-Kabir Qomi, (Sheikh) Mahdi the Philosopher, and Mirza Mohammad Arbab, to create a structured academic institution. However, these scholars believed that the formation of a seminary was contingent upon the arrival of a prominent scholar from outside Qom, given the prevailing circumstances and the mindset of the local populace. Ultimately, through Bafqi's persistence and the efforts of Mirza Mohammad Arbab and Sheikh Mohammad Reza Shariatmadar Sawji, a well-known scholar of that era residing in Qom, Abdul Karim Ha'eri was invited from Arak to establish a formal seminary in the city.<ref>[https://farsi.khamenei.ir/others-note?id=10300 تاریخ و سیر تحول حوزه علمیه قم در دوران معاصر/ 1]</ref>
== Qom Seminary Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Ali Khamenei meets Qom Seminary's students 2016 (2).jpg|Iran's supreme leader [[Ali Khamenei]] at the Qom Seminary, 15 March 2016
File:Qom Seminary.jpg|Qom Seminary.
File:IMG 20180308 111357 HDR.jpg|This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}