Hedayat Mosque

{{Short description|Shi'ite mosque in Tehran, Iran}}

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The Hedayat Mosque ({{langx|fa|مسجد هدایت}}; {{langx|ar|مسجد هدايت}}) is a Shi'ite mosque, located in the city of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. Appointed to the mosque in 1948, Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, promoted discussion against the Pahlavi regime and the mosque became a center of Iranian religious revolutionary movement between 1950 and 1971, in advance of the Iranian revolution.{{cite web |author=Fazeli, Mahmood |translator=Gahan, Jiaran |url=https://oral-history.ir/?page=post&id=3888 |title=Ayatollah Taleghani at Hedayat Mosque |work=Iranian Oral History Weekly |lang=en |date=n.d. |access-date= }}

History

The mosque was built in 1327 CE.

In the 20th-century, the mosque became a center for revolutionaries, fighting against the Pahlavi, supported by Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani.{{cite journal |author1=Sami’i, M. |author2=Amuzadeh Mahdirji, H. |year=2014 |title=Social Capital of Mosques and Islamic Revolution of Iran: case study of Hedayat Mosque social network |journal=Research Letter of Political Science |volume=9 |number=4 |pages=73-102 |issn= |doi= |url=https://www.ipsajournal.ir/article_246.html |format=Abstract |lang=en }} Taleghani attracted many people to participate in the programs of the mosque. He invited Ulama and other intellectuals to lecture there.{{cite web |url=http://www.irdc.ir/fa/book/638/default.aspx |script-title=fa:مرکز اسناد انقلاب اسلامی - تاریخ شفاهی مسجد هدایت |work=IRDC.ir |lang=fa |date= |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824020430/http://irdc.ir/fa/book/638/default.aspx |archive-date=2016-08-24 }} Mohammad-Javad Bahonar lectured on the criticism of the situation of Hijab in Hedayat mosque.{{cite web |url=http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/67569/weblog/jafarian |script-title=fa:مسجد هدایت، آیت‌الله طالقانی و انقلاب‌اسلامی |work=Khabar Online.ir |date= |access-date= |lang=fa }} Taleghani was forced into exile in 1971 and Pahlavi secret police forced the mosque to close in 1972.{{cite web |url=https://www.masjed.ir/fa/article/2971/Role-of-the-mosques-of-Tehran-in-victory-of-the-Islamic-Revolution-of-Iran |title=Role of the mosques of Tehran in victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran |work=masjed.ir |lang=en |date=n.d. |access-date=25 April 2025 }} Taleghani was reinstated to the mosque in 1978.

The mosque was substantially renovated during 2010 and 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.amirsazeh.com/portfolio-item/repair-and-reconstruction-of-hedayat-hosseinieh-and-mosque/?lang=en |title=Repair and Reconstruction of Hedayat Hosseinieh and Mosque |work=Amirsazeh Payedar Co |location=Canada |date=February 2011 |access-date=25 April 2025 }}

See also

{{stack|{{portal|Shia Islam|Iran}}}}

References