Mohammad Yaqoobi Cleric
Mohammad al-Yaqoobi (Arabic: محمد اليعقوبي; born 9 September 1960) is a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja' with the title of Ayatollah. He established one of the largest women's Hawzas in Iraq, and has a few charitable organisations in his name within Iraq. He is a pariah cleric who is not recognised among the mainstream Shia clergy and is a recently self-proclaimed Ayatollah with a small following.His primary education was at Imam Jawad Private Shia School. He graduated with a B.A. in Civil Engineering from Baghdad University in 1982, and joined the Najaf Hawza in 1992.
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