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Musa al-Musawi (1930-1997) was a Muslim scholar and professor of philosophy, he wrote books on philosophy[1] and revisionist texts on Shia Islam.[2] His grandfather was Grand Ayatullah Abu al-Hasan al-Esfahani whom he lived with for 17 years after the assassination of his father.[1] He was educated at Najaf traditional religious school and was awarded the highest certificate in Islamic Law (Ijtihad) from its university.[1][better source needed] He was also the 20th Majles deputy for Lanjan (1961).
Musa al-Musawi | |
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Title | Imam Dr[citation needed] |
Personal | |
Born | 1930 |
Died | 1997 |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Iranian, Iraqi |
Main interest(s) | Islamic philosophy |
Notable idea(s) | Shia reformism |
Notable work(s) | The Miserable Revolution, Shiah:a critical revision |
Occupation | Professor |
Muslim leader | |
Disciple of | Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei |
Influenced by | |
Post | Professor of Islamic Economics at the University of Tehran 1960-1963,
Lecturer of Islamic Philosophy at the Baghdad University 1968-78 as a professor, Visiting fellow at the Halle University (GDR) and Tripoli University in Libya 1973-1974, Research associate at the Harvard University 1975-1978 and lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles 1978 |
al-Musawi wrote many books over a variety of topics.[2][3]
Dr Musa al-Musawi was interviewed for 5 hours by Shahla Haeri for Harvards the Iranian Oral History Project, the project is a collection of personal accounts of 134 individuals who played major roles in or were eyewitnesses to important political events in Iran from the 1920s to the 1980s. Amongst the people interviewed are Massoud Rajavi, Shapour Bakhtiar, Abolhassan Banisadr and Mehdi Haeri Yazdi.
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