Mohammad Ali Shomali Explained

Religion:Islam
Mohammad Ali Shomali
Nationality:Iranian
Birth Date:1965 12, df=y
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Education:Qom Seminary
Tehran University (BA & MA)
University of Manchester (PhD)
Website:https://shomali.net/
Native Name:محمدعلى شمالى
Main Interests:Philosophy, Theology, Ethics Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh
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Mohammad Ali Shomali (fa|{{nq|محمدعلى شمالى; born 22 December 1965) is a Muslim scholar, academic, philosopher and theologian. His religious rank is Hujjat al-Islam.[1]

Early life and education

Shomali was born 1965 in Tehran, Iran. He studied in the religious seminaries of Qom, and also completed a bachelors and masters degree in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran. He then received his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Manchester. Shomali's thesis was on ethical relativism, and his postdoctoral research was on ethical issues related to life and death.[2] [3]

Posts

Shomali currently holds a number of posts including:

He was the resident alim, and director of the Islamic Centre of England in London, from 2014 until 2019.[5] [6]

Works

Shomali is Interested in effective participation through attending or organising interreligious dialogue in UK, in addition to Several countries such as USA, Canada, and several European countries and some of Asian countries.[7]

Co-edited

Catholics-Shi'a Dialogue volumes

Shomali has an active role in the realm of interfaith dialogue between Shiite scholars and Catholic theologians. As such, he organised meetings together with members of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue in which Christian monks and Shia scholars came together in Rome (2011), Qom/Isfahan (2012), Assisi/Rome (2014), and Qom/Mashhad (2016).[8] Together with Abbott Dr Timothy Wright he won the Award for Book of the Year in the Special Session Interreligious Dialogue: Islam and Christianity in The 24th World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2017.[9] [10] [11] Shomali has contributed to editing the following books in collaboration with Abbott Timothy Wright and other scholars and theologians:

Protestant-Shi'a Dialogue volumes

Publications

. Lessons on Knowing the Qur'an . Mohammad Ali Shomali . 2020 . Risalat International Institute . 978-1-838-07790-7 .

Some of his books have been translated and published into several languages.

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: .:Biography of Dr. Shomali:.. 2020-08-08. www.ic-el.com.
  2. Web site: Mohammad Ali Shomali. 2020-08-08. Al-Islam.org. en.
  3. Web site: Mosaddeq. Alireza. 2015-02-21. Muḥammad ʻAlī Shomālī. 2020-08-08. Ijtihad Network. en-US.
  4. Web site: Hawza Ilmiyya of England. 2020-08-08. www.hawzaengland.com.
  5. Web site: Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali, Founding Director of the International Institute for Islamic Studies and the Risalat International Institute . RISALAT .
  6. Web site: Islamic Centre of England Hosting 'Lessons from Quran' . International Quran News Agency.
  7. Web site: islam-today.co.uk/. 2020-08-08. en-GB.
  8. Skudlarek, OSB . William . Report: Monastic Muslim Dialogue Kenya - DIMMID . Dilato Corde . 2017 . 7 . 2 - July - December . 6 February 2024 . DIMMID.
  9. Web site: bookaward.ir/NotRemove/Downloads/catalog_24th.pdf.
  10. Web site: The World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran جایزه جهانی کتاب سال. 2021-01-06. bookaward.ir.
  11. Web site: Behnegarsoft.com. 2017-02-08. Iran's Book of the Year World Award names winners IBNA. 2021-01-08. Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA). en.

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