Mohsen Araki

Ayatollah Mohsen Araki ( محسن _ اراکی / Arabic محسن الأراكي / Muhsin Araki Persian, born 1955 in Najaf, Iraq) is a prominent Iranian Shiite cleric. He is the Secretary General of the World Association for Proximity of Islamic law and schools of thought (Persian مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی / Majma Jahani Taghrib Mazaheb Islami; engl World Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, . Abbr WAPIST ), headquartered in Tehran.

He was a founding member of the Assembly of Experts and a student of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al -Sadr.

He was the personal representative of Ayatollah Ali Chamene'i ( the highest representatives of the State) in London, and until 2004 also director of the Islamic Centre of England ( ICEL ).

Works (selection)

  • Contemporary Islamic Awakening: Phases and Pioneers ( Studies in Islamic thought )
  • Dialogue on immamah ( leadership ) in between Ayatollah Mohsen Araki and Dr. Mohammad bin al -Masri
  • Introduction to Islamic Mysticism
  • Ideological and jurisprudential frontiers of Islam: a scrutiny into Islam 's theory and practice compiled in the form of questions and answers addressing the key issues in human life in the light of the edicts of Ayatollah Khamenei
  • The Quranic textual theory on Islamic leadership ( imamate )
Madhhab 1st Assembly of Experts Supreme Leader of Iran
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