Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja, was a Seljuq satirical Sufi, born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir Province, in which present-day country, and considered a philosopher of Populism?
Nasreddin Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja ( ) was a Seljuq satirical Sufi, born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir Province, present-day Turkey and died in 13th century in Akşehir, near Konya, a capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, in today's Turkey. He is considered a populist philosopher and wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. He appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but often, too, a fool or the butt of a joke. A Nasreddin story usually has a subtle humour and a pedagogic nature.
Hossein Noori Hamedani Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori-Hamedani (born 1925) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. Nuri-Hamadani has been called a "hard-line cleric," who has expressed his strong disapproval of Sufis and dervishes, Jews, the intellectual Abdolkarim Soroush and the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.