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In this paper, it is aimed, in a critical point of view, to analyze the concept of the authority, and its connection to religion. I attempted to investigate the answers to the following questions: What is religious authority? How should authority be understood in terms if religious and political points of view? So, what is the meaning of political authority? Finally, this article shows that it is not possible to understand and accept religious authority in the sense of political authority. One of the most fundamental reasons for this is that possibilities for obtaining knowledge concerning these two areas. My critics have been directed against accepting religious authority as a political authority.