Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh
Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh ( Seyed Baba, born 1952 in Tehran ) is an Iranian religious scholars. On the Watkins - list of the 100 most influential spiritual personalities he is out on 81st.
At Tehran University he graduated in 1974 a study of law and literature studies from 1975. He then emigrated to France, in 1976 to continue his studies in Paris: Religious Studies at the " Sorbonne for antiquity ," Legal History at the " Pantheon - faculty " and Comparative Analysis for Islam and Christianity at the " University of Lyon II".
Dr. Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh in 1969, added to Beydukht, a small town in the north - east of Persia, in the initiated sequence of Nematollahi - Gonabadi Order, the best-known and most authentic Sufi order in Iran. In addition to his academic studies, he followed the " path of the substantial development ". During his stay in France several Sufi master of the Nematollahi - Gonabadi Order visited Europe. Your spiritual teachings were very far-reaching for him.
Since then, the dervishes of Nematollahi - Order are exposed to severe attacks in the country of origin Iran after Ahmadinejad took office, he sits down in the west for the reporting of these events a. It provides in-depth analyzes to the entire political and ideological situation in Iran. Several times he joined conferences in Mainz, Hannover, Stuttgart, Aachen, Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Berlin, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Paris and London to about the background of the ideology of the Islamic Republic in Iran and the persecution the dervishes informed. He said, for example, together with Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief, at the conference " People, Freedom, Rights - Iran " on December 4, 2010 in Cologne.
After the Supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, 2010, "New Christians" and Sufis classified as enemies of the regime during his visit to Qom, Sunnis, Baha'is founded, Dr. Azmayesh with the help of European supporters and Iranian exiles, the International Organization for the Protection of human rights in Iran. The organization regularly addressed open letters to recognized the high clergy in Iran with an invitation to work for the people of Iran and no longer silently watch as the rights of citizens are violated. At the same time Dr. Azmayesh in dialogues with individual personalities of public life in conferences, articles and debates on the Middle Path ago with the goal of enabling the people of Iran freedom and self-determination. He proposes to sustainable improvement in the human rights situation and the living conditions of the population in Iran, among others before the separation between religion and politics. He points out that outside interference would not be tolerated by the people of Iran. At the same time, he has repeatedly pointed out that the population of the country is hoping for a moral support of various Western countries through clear policy signals. Dr. Azmayesh draws on a proposal from the population of Iran to make determine the path to the goal in a referendum on the future form of government itself. He is confident that the Iranian people will vote out the system of the Supreme Leader ( Velayat -e- faghih ) in favor of a liberal, democratically oriented political system, as in Iran in early 20th century in the Maschrutiat movement and in the constitutional Revolution had begun to significantly develop.
His main field of research are studies on the history and the essence of Islam and Christianity. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences around the world on the subject of Sufism and especially to the mystics Rumi and Shah Vali Nematollah. His hobbies are the healing properties and spiritual efficacy of certain rhythms. Seals Rumi, Hafiz, Sa'adis, Shah Nematollah Valis or other Persian mystics and poets reciting in workshops that are frequented by musicians, doctors and therapists because of its intense effect. He explains the rich imagery of these seals and the backgrounds of the spiritual rhythms with simple words and modern terms. Dr. Azmayesh among the religious scholars, who have the text incorporated as a connoisseur of the Koran in memory of her ( these people are in the Middle East called Hafiz ). The works of philosophers such as Ibn Arabi and Suhrawardi studied Azmayesh in depth the reasons for its human rights work on the demand for tolerance, which was already laid down by Ibn Arabi as a central premise to lead a successful social life.
Dr. Azmayesh is increasingly invited since 2010 by political parties and governments of several European countries to a differentiated view of the origins of Islam, historical developments, misunderstandings about Islam and manipulations of the teachings of Islam by certain groups in the course of history, as well as the ideological excesses to lecture at the present time. Political consultant looking for suggestions on how to deal with people in the West who commit crimes in the name of Islam or incite to hatred. At the same time he warns this system further stabilize through dialogue with representatives of the regime in Iran before repeated attempts by some circles in Europe. In addition, he points out that Islam researchers in Iran may not work freely, but one-sided interpretations and representations of the political ideology of Velayat -e bound - faghi to Europe smuggle if you are invited by European scientists in their universities.