Ali Qazi Askar

{{short description|Iranian Twelver Shia cleric}}

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| name = Ali Qazi Askar

| image = Sayyed Ali Qazi Askar by Tasnimnews (cropped).jpg

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| office1= Superintendent of Iranian Hujjaj

| term_start1 = 2009

| appointer1 = Ali Khamenei

| term_end1 = 2019

| office2= Imam of Friday Prayer in Isfahan

| term_start2 = 1998

| term_end2 = 2003

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| birth_date = 26 May 1954

| birth_place = Isfahan, Iran

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Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar ({{langx|fa|سید علی قاضی عسکر}}, born 26 May 1954, Isfahan)[http://saghaziaskar.andishvaran.ir/fa/ScholarMainpage.html Seyed Ali Ghazi Askar] andishvaran.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020 is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric[http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=44182 Permission to Hojjat al-Islam Sayyid Ali Qazi Askar] khamenei.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020 who was appointed as the representative of Iran's supreme leader[https://www.leader.ir/fa/content/6295/www.leader.ir Appointment as the superintendent of Iranian Hujjaj] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626230149/https://www.leader.ir/fa/content/6295/www.leader.ir |date=2020-06-26 }} leader.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020[http://farsi.khamenei.ir/message-content?id=8602 Appointment of Hojjatoleslam Seyed Ali Ghazi Askar as the superintendent of Iranian Hujjaj] khamenei.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020 and the superintendent of Iranian Hujjaj (Hajis)Iranian Students' News Agency; Qazi Askar; Isna Retrieved 10 May 2020Tasnim News Agency, Qazi Askar... (tasnimnews.com) Retrieved 10 May 2020 by the decree of Seyyed Ali Khamenei;Tebyan Cultural and Information Institute; Seyyed Ali Qazi-Askar (appointment) Retrieved 10 May 2020 and was in action at the mentioned position for approximately 10 years (since 2009 to 2019).

By the decree of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ali Ghazi Askar was appointed as the custodian of the shrine of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani and its affiliates -- on 27 March 2022.[https://www.farsnews.ir/news/14010107000579 Appointment of Hojjatoleslam Qazi Askar to the tutelage of Hazrat Abdul Azim (AS)] Farsnews.ir, Retrieved 28 March 2022

This Shia Ayatollah passed his education period in diverse sections in Isfahan and Qom, and received his doctoral equivalent (second period paper of "Kharej") in 1995.[http://hajj.ir/fa/66152 Criticism from the Shah's regime resulted in imprisonment, deportation, and martyrdom] hajj.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020 Qazi Askar[http://kms.bou.ac.ir/professor/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%B3%DA%AF%D8%B1/ Seyed Ali Ghazi Askar] bou.ac.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020 was also appointed as the temporary Imam of Friday Prayer in Isfahan in 1998, and was active there for 5 years. He also had responsibility at the Bese (Persian: بعثه) of Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini and Seyyed Ali Khamenei.[https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/99215 Biography of Hojjatoleslam Ghazi Askar (1333)] hamshahrionline.ir Retrieved 10 May 2020

There have been published 16 volumes of books, and approximately 50 scientific articles; and had submitted several articles to Hajj international congress in KSA.[http://forum.rasekhoon.net/thread/438627/page17/ Biography: Hojjatoleslam Ghazi Askar] rasekhoon.net Retrieved 10 May 2020[https://www.aftabir.com/lifestyle/view/147147 Hojjatoleslam Ghazi Askar] aftabir.com Retrieved 10 May 2020