Reza Ramezani

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Reza Ramezani (* 1963 in Rasht , Northern Iran) is an imamite clergyman with the religious title Ayatollah . He has been a member of the Expert Council ( Majlis-e-Chobregaan ) in the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2006 . From 2009 to August 2018 he was the director and director of the Islamic Center Hamburg , the center of Shiite Islam in Germany. The center is under observation by the Hamburg Office for the Protection of the Constitution . Before working in Hamburg, he headed the Imam Ali Islamic Center in Vienna.

Life

Ramezani studied at the theological faculty in Rashh , later in Mashhad . His teachers include the Ayatollahs Sabzewari, Salehi , Saiedi , Rezazadeh and Mortazawi and the philosopher Seyed Djalaluddin Aschtiani. In Qom he then studied Islamic jurisprudence and independent jurisprudence ( idschtihād ) with the Ayatollahs Fadhil Lankarani , Wahid Khorasani, Makarem Shirazi, Jafar Subhani, Bahdjat Fumani and Madadi Khorasani, furthermore the subjects of exegesis , philosophy and Gnostik with the Ayatollahs Allam Jawadi Hassanzadeh Amoli, Ansari Schirasi, Askari Gilani and Ahmad Beheschti. He then did his doctorate. "He taught subjects such as Arabic literature, logic, philosophy, Islamic theology, gnostics, ethics, exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence and canonical foundations at the theological faculties in Rashh, Mashhad, Qom and Karaj, in all of them, including the higher levels." the information from the IZH. Ramezani is the author of numerous articles and writings. He is married and lives in Hamburg with his wife and children.

State doctrine

According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , Ramezani “spreads Shiite doctrine and at the same time propagates the Iranian state doctrine, according to which state authority does not come from the people, but can only be legitimized religiously.” So he should see himself as apolitical, cooperative and for a moderate interpretation of Islam enter, but actually "continue to spread the ideology of an Islamic state of God based on the Iranian model."

Quotes

"What the extremist Wahhabis represent as Islam is not true and should not be interpreted as Islam."

- Reza Ramezani.

“For this reason, Islam made jihad a defense against violence and injustice so that humanity would not be oppressed. [...] Every Muslim is obliged to resist unjustified violence. [...] The Muslims must also be ready to sacrifice themselves on the path of resistance. "

- Reza Ramezani.

literature

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Islamic Center Hamburg introduces new director . Die Welt, August 31, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Islamic Center Hamburg: Head of the IZH ; accessed on August 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Constitutional Protection Report 2011 (PDF; 6.0 MB) p. 306.
  4. ↑ muslim-markt.de, interview from August 17, 2012
  5. ↑ hamburg.de ( Memento from May 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) How the Islamic Center Hamburg intends to increase its ideological influence , accessed on February 21, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Ramezani, Reza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Shiite Ayatollah, head and director of the Islamic Center Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Rasht , Iran