Editing Mullah (section)

{{Short description|Title commonly given to local Islamic clerics or mosque leaders}}
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[[File:Mollah imamzadeh tabriz.jpg|thumb|right|A Shia mullah praying in [[Imamzadeh Hamzah, Tabriz]], Iran]]
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'''Mullah''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|l|ə|,_|ˈ|m|ʊ|l|ə|,_|ˈ|m|uː|l|ə}}) is an honorific title for [[Islam|Muslim]] clergy and [[mosque]] [[Imam|leaders]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Szczepanski |first=Kallie |title=Islamic Mullah |date=16 October 2019 |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-mullah-195356|access-date=2021-09-10|website=ThoughtCo|language=en}}</ref> The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in [[Islamic theology]] and [[Sharia|sharia law]].

The title has also been used in some [[Mizrahi Jews|Mizrahi]] and [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] communities in reference to the community's leadership, especially its religious leadership.<ref>See for example: [http://www.jewishgen.org/Rabbinic/journal/bukhara.htm "Rabbinic Succession in Bukhara 1790–1930"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507002428/http://www.jewishgen.org/Rabbinic/journal/bukhara.htm |date=7 May 2017 }}</ref>