: 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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This conduct is the stuff of Stalin, of the Iranian mullahs, of Mussolini and, yes, of Hitler in the early to mid 1930s.
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Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Further abroad, Israel’s air force pummeled Iran’s nuclear program and the mullahs’ ballistic missile capability.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
The Shah’s effort to enfranchise women was also anathema to the most fundamentalist of mullahs.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2025
Rather than pushing the Israelis into a negotiation, every Iranian ballistic missile sent toward Israel provides Netanyahu with more ammunition to continue the war and press his central argument: Iran is led by fanatical mullahs bent on Israel’s destruction.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
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Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
Further abroad, Israel’s air force pummeled Iran’s nuclear program and the mullahs’ ballistic missile capability.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
The Shah’s effort to enfranchise women was also anathema to the most fundamentalist of mullahs.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2025
Rather than pushing the Israelis into a negotiation, every Iranian ballistic missile sent toward Israel provides Netanyahu with more ammunition to continue the war and press his central argument: Iran is led by fanatical mullahs bent on Israel’s destruction.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
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“Mullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mullah. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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