Mohammad Ali Shomali

Mohammad Ali Shomali
محمدعلى شمالى
Personal
Born (1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 58)
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Main interest(s)Philosophy, Theology, Ethics Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh
EducationQom Seminary
Tehran University (BA & MA)
University of Manchester (PhD)
Websitehttps://shomali.net/

Mohammad Ali Shomali (Persian: محمدعلى شمالى; born 22 December 1965) is a Muslim scholar, academic, philosopher and theologian. His religious rank is Hujjat al-Islam.[1]

Early life and education

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Shomali was born 1965 in Tehran, Iran. He studied in the religious seminaries of Qom, and also completed a bachelors and masters degree in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran. He then received his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Manchester. Shomali's thesis was on ethical relativism, and his postdoctoral research was on ethical issues related to life and death.[2][3]

Posts

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Shomali currently holds a number of posts including:

He was the resident alim, and director of the Islamic Centre of England in London, from 2014 until 2019.[5][6]

Works

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Shomali is Interested in effective participation through attending or organising interreligious dialogue in UK, in addition to Several countries such as USA, Canada, and several European countries and some of Asian countries.[1][2][3][7]

Co-edited

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Catholics-Shi'a Dialogue volumes

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Shomali has an active role in the realm of interfaith dialogue between Shiite scholars and Catholic theologians. As such, he organised meetings together with members of the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue in which Christian monks and Shia scholars came together in Rome (2011), Qom/Isfahan (2012), Assisi/Rome (2014), and Qom/Mashhad (2016).[8] Together with Abbott Dr Timothy Wright he won the Award for Book of the Year in the Special Session Interreligious Dialogue: Islam and Christianity in The 24th World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2017.[9][10][11] Shomali has contributed to editing the following books in collaboration with Abbott Timothy Wright and other scholars and theologians:

  • Catholics & Shi'a in Dialogue: (Studies in Theology & Spirituality) (2004 & 2011).
  • Studies in Theology & Spirituality Catholic-Shi'a Engagement: (Reason & Faith in Theory and Practice) (2006 & 2011).
  • A Catholic-Shi‘a Dialogue: (Ethics in Today’s Society) (2008 & 2011).
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2012). Monks and Muslims: monastic and Shi'a spirituality in dialogue. Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-814-63442-4.
  • Monks and Muslims III : towards a global Abrahamic community (2015)

Protestant-Shi'a Dialogue volumes

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  • Faith and Modernity: A Muslim-Christian Conversation (2018) (Co-author)

Publications

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Some of his books have been translated and published into several languages.

Further reading

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  • Borelli, John (2009). "A Catholic-Shīa Engagement: Faith and Reason in Theory and Practice Edited by Antony O'Mahony, Wulstan Petersburs and Mohammad Ali Shomali". Muslim World. 99 (4): 712–714. doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.2009.01295.x.

References

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  1. ^ a b c ".:Biography of Dr. Shomali:". www.ic-el.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Mohammad Ali Shomali". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Mosaddeq, Alireza (21 February 2015). "Muḥammad ʻAlī Shomālī". Ijtihad Network. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Hawza Ilmiyya of England". www.hawzaengland.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali, Founding Director of the International Institute for Islamic Studies and the Risalat International Institute". RISALAT.
  6. ^ "Islamic Centre of England Hosting 'Lessons from Quran'". International Quran News Agency.
  7. ^ "islam-today.co.uk/". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ^ Skudlarek, OSB, William (2017). "Report: Monastic Muslim Dialogue Kenya - DIMMID". Dilato Corde. 7 (2 - July - December). DIMMID. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ^ "bookaward.ir/NotRemove/Downloads/catalog_24th.pdf" (PDF).
  10. ^ "The World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran | جایزه جهانی کتاب سال". bookaward.ir. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ^ Behnegarsoft.com (8 February 2017). "Iran's Book of the Year World Award names winners | IBNA". Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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