Mohsen Araki
Ayatollah Mohsen Araki ( ; Persian محسن اراکی/ Arabic محسن الأراكي, DMG Muḥsin Arākī ; * 1955 in Najaf , Iraq ) is an Iranian Shiite clergyman. As the successor to Mohammad Ali Taschiri, he is the general secretary of the World Association for the Rapprochement of Islamic Schools of Law and Thought ( Persian مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی/ Majma Jahani Taghrib Mazaheb Islami; engl. World Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought; Abbr. WAPIST) with headquarters 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 representative of the state ) in London , and until 2004 also head of the Islamic Center of England (ICEL).
Works (selection)
- Contemporary Islamic Awakening: Phases and Pioneers (Studies in Islamic thought)
- Dialogue on immamah (leadership) 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 Imam Khamenei
- The Quranic textual theory on Islamic leadership (imamate)
Web links
- taghribnews.com: Ayatollah Araki's Biography
- abna.ir: Ayatollah Taskhiri resigns, Ayatollah Araki selected ( AhlulBayt News Agency )
- islamicinvitationturkey.com: Ayatollah Mohsen Araki: “Unified Islamic nation will be born soon.”
References and footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Araki, Mohsen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | محسن اراکی (Persian); الأراكي, محسن (Arabic); مجمع جهانی تقریب مذاهب اسلامی (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian Shiite clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Najaf , Iraq |