تاثير مسجد در انقلاب مشروطيت ايران

The Role of Mosques in Constitutional Revolution inIran

اين مقاله، به بررسي كاركردهاي سياسي مسجد در انقلاب مشروطيت ايران ميپردزد. پرسش اصلي مقاله اين است كه مسجد در انقلاب مشروطيت چه تاثيري گذارد و چه عواملي سبب شد تا مسجد در انقلاب مشروطيت كاركرد سياسي داشته باشد. مسجد در مراحل مختلف انقلاب مشروطيت، پيش از صدور فرمان مشروطه، در مرحله نهادسازي‌هاي انقلاب و پس از انقلاب، بازوي رسانه‌اي و تبليغاتي مشروطه‌خواهان، كانون تجمع‌ها و بسيج توده مردم و محلِّ تشكيل انجمن‌هاي سياسي بود. اين مقاله كاركردهايِ سياسي مسجد را در مراحل سه‌گانه انقلاب مشروطيت و عوامل موثر در نقش‌آفريني سياسي مسجد در انقلاب مشروطيت برميرسد.

Mosquesweresignificant cultural institutions in IranduringQajar period. In addition to their routine functions,they had various political,economic and social efficiencies. The main issues investigated in this article are the rolesplayed by mosques in the constitutional revolution and the driving forces that made mosques have political activities in this revolution. Prior to the constitutional revolution and after it, mosques played the role of mass media and were considered as advertisingagenciesby constitutionalists,as well as forums for gathering and organizing groups of people and political associations. The subject of the present study is surveying the political efficiency of mosques in three phases of the constitutional revolution in Iran and their political activities.