Mirza Rida Quli Shari'at-Sanglaji

Ayatollah Muhammad Hassan Mirza Rida Quli, known as Shari'at-Sanglaji (also spelt as Sharīʿat Sangalaji;, was an Iranian reformer, theologian, philosopher, and scholar. He was an opponent of Ruhollah Khomeini. He was considered a Qurʾan-oriented Scholar or Qurʾanist among Iranian Shias. He was the theologian who, unlike the majority of Shia Scholars, called for ijtihad, and rejected taqlid. Sangalli was a preacher in the Sepahsalar Mosque. He publicly declared that Shi'ism required reformation. Besides, he preached that Islam is not against modernity.