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Peer reviewedVakili-Zad, Cyrus – Community Development Journal, 1998
In Iran, community mosques have been decentralized institutions of local power. Mosque leadership was influential in the overthrow of the Shah. However, the resulting Islamic Republic dominated and used mosques as agents of social control. (SK)
Descriptors: Centralization, Community Development, Community Leaders, Foreign Countries
