Forghan group
| Furqan Group | |
|---|---|
| Participant in Consolidation of the Iranian Revolution | |
| Active | c. 1976–January/May 1980 |
| Ideology | |
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| Headquarters | Tehran, Jamalzadeh St., 23 Akhavan Alley |
| Area of operations | Tehran, Urmia, Tabriz |
| Size | 49 |
| Originated as | Kahfis (People of the Cave) |
| Opponents | |
Furqān Group (Persian: گروه فرقان, named after Al-Furqan sura) was an Iranian opposition militant group with clandestine cell system adhering to a Shia anti-clerical Islamist ideology.
Furqan successfully assassinated some senior officials, including Gen. Valiollah Qarani, Morteza Motahari, Mohammad Mofatteh and Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei but it was soon terminated following arrest and execution of its key members in 1980.
The group opposed other social sectors such as the “wealthy bazaaris”, the “liberal politicians” and the “Marxist atheists” who, in their view, “were plotting to betray the Islamic Revolution” . The group self-proclaimed to be followers of Ali Shariati, however claim was used instrumentally to look more "prestigious" and allow them to develop their combined ideology.
Due to the literal meaning Forqan is described as criterion or standard. Proof or evidence is the meaning that Vehr’s dictionary give to this word. Uri Rubin introduced Forquan as one of names of the Quran. Muslim scholars believes that the root of this word is F.R.Q means depart. In the Tarikh al-Tabari and Tafsir al-Kabir (al-Razi) the root of this word that means “to God’s separating or distinguishing between truth and falsehood, is defined F.R.Q.
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