: a Muslim and especially a religious scholar or cleric who has studied Islamic law and doctrine
—often used as an honorific title
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The mullahs' rulers—unelected and unaccountable—face a citizenry that is increasingly emboldened and defiant.
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Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.
—Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
The mullahs aren’t businessmen out to cut a good financial deal.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
When popular protests swept the country in 1979, leading to the shah’s overthrow, some Jews fled before the mullahs consolidated power.
—Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.
—Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
The mullahs aren’t businessmen out to cut a good financial deal.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
When popular protests swept the country in 1979, leading to the shah’s overthrow, some Jews fled before the mullahs consolidated power.
—Roya Hakakian, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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“Mullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullah. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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