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  • He never completed a resaleye amalie (equivalent to a PhD dissertation for Shia religious students), nor did he pass the 20 years or so required to reach the grade of ayatollah, from the mid-level ranking of hojatoleslam.

    Meir Javedanfar: Filling Montazeri's Shoes in Iran 2009

  • A student of Islam and philosophy who has attained Islam's third-highest clerical rank - hojatoleslam - Khatami has a passion for writers and thinkers such as Descartes, Tolstoy and Goethe.

    Newsmax - Inside Cover 2009

  • A student of Islam and philosophy who has attained Islam's third-highest clerical rank -- hojatoleslam -- Khatami has a passion for writers and thinkers such as Descartes, Tolstoy and Goethe.

    Raw Story 2009

  • A student of Islam and philosophy who has attained Islam's third-highest clerical rank - hojatoleslam - Khatami has a passion for writers and thinkers such as Descartes, Tolstoy and Goethe.

    iac world news feed 2009

  • (equivalent to a PhD dissertation for Shia religious students), nor did he pass the 20 years or so required to reach the grade of ayatollah, from the mid-level ranking of hojatoleslam.

    The Guardian World News 2009

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