The Political Status of Faqih in the Discoures of the Constitutional Movement Era

Key questions have been raised about Iran's constitutional movement, which are also a subject of inquiry and speculation today. One of these questions is about defining the political status of faqih in the discourse of the constitutional movement era. Some other questions are worth considering such as: what do the vanguards and activists of the constituonal movement including opponents and proponents think about the political status of faqih? Do the opponents and proponents of the constitutional movement have different views about the idea of guardianship of jurist and his political affairs? Have these two sides ever thought of the general outlines of this topic in one way or another?In other words, if a just researcher compiles an index or list of the discussions on the discourse of constitutional movement; for example, freedom, justice, equality, majority vote, parliament, despotism, jihād (holy war), anti-western position and civilization, will the question of guardianship of jurist be among the questions over which the opponents and proponents of constitutionalism have different positions so that it will be included in the list, or else this question is cousidered as part of thegeneral principles which both sides accept?