Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari

Mohammed Modschtahid Schabestari (Persian محمد مجتهد شبستری; * 1936 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian reformer and philosopher, Shiite theologian, author and professor at the University of Tehran.

Biography

Schabestari, who comes from a clerical family, studied in Qom Ruhollah Khomeini in (1902-1989), who later became leader of the Iranian revolution in 1979, and at Allameh Tabatabai ( 1892/1903-1981 ), an Iranian philosopher and cleric. He completed his studies after 17 years in ijtihad and the Doctor of Philosophy.

In the spirit of political Shi'ism in the 1960s and 1970s in Iran, Schabestari was the thinkers of Jalal Al -e Ahmad ( 1923-1969 ) and Ali Shariati ( 1933-1977 ) and Morteza Motahhari ( 1920-1979 ), the politically motivated, Shiite cleric, very connected.

Between 1970 and 1978 Schabestari served as director of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in the Imam Ali Mosque. He succeeds by Mohammed Beheshti (1928-1981), the Iranian politician, later revolutionary, top- Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and the chief judge, at. He was succeeded as director of the center of Hamburg Mohammad Khatami ( born 1943 ), who later became President of Iran after.

During his time in Germany, the Iranians promoted the Islamic-Christian dialogue, and expanded the influence of the mosque through the opening for all Muslims. Schabestari learned the German language, which he his interest in Christian - could pursue theology, as in Qom - mainly Protestant. He dealt with the works of Paul Tillich, Karl Barth and Karl Rahner, his philosophical influence include thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, Wilhelm Dilthey and Hans -Georg Gadamer.

After his return to Iran Schabestari was elected in the first period of the Iranian Parliament ( Majlis ) after the revolution of 1979; But he distanced himself from the political aftermath. From 1985 to 2006 he worked as a professor of Islamic philosophy, comparative religion and theology at the University of Tehran. He also organized international conferences, which often had the Muslim-Christian dialogue to content. Schabestari is one of the co-editor of the Great Encyclopedia of Islam, which appears in Tehran.