mullahcracy
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[edit]mullahcracy (usually uncountable, plural mullahcracies)
- Rule by Islamic religious leaders, or mullahs.
- 1953, New Statesman[1], volume 45, page 474:
- […] a firm stand against Mullahcracy is essential for the political and religious health of the country.
- 1987 August 30, “Khomeini's Guile”, in Boston Globe[2], archived from the original on 7 March 2016:
- […] officials of the ruling mullahcracy threaten to haul one of the French diplomats before an Islamic court on charges of espionage.
- 2009 October 21, “‘Govt-mullah axis leading to anarchy’”, in Daily Times[3]:
- He said that, unfortunately, the mullahcracy is politicising religion to serve their selfish ends.