Reza Hosseini Nassab

Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab (Persian: سيد رضا حسيني نسب) (born 1960) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja,[1][2][3] currently residing in Canada.[4] He was the President and Imam of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg, Germany, and since 2003 he has served as the President of Shia Islam Federation in Canada".

Reza Hosseini Nassab
Personal
Born1960
Yazd, Iran
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
SchoolJa`fari
Senior posting
Based inCanada
PostGrand Ayatollah
Websitewww.hoseini.org

Hosseini Nassab was born in Yazd, Iran and studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom.[5] He then went to Canada, where he founded Valie Asr Islamic Center in Toronto,[6] and Ahlul Bayt Center in Ottawa.[5] He chaired the Islamic Centre in Hamburg and founded the Cultural Islamic Center in Berlin. In September 2003, he resigned as head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg.[7] He then returned to Canada to found Imam Mahdi Islamic School in Windsor, and Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Toronto, Ontario.[8]

Publications

Hosseini Nassab has written more than 130 publications about Islamic theology, Shia faith, philosophy, jurisprudence and logic.[9][10] His publications include:


  • The Shia Responds
  • Teaching philosophy
  • Religion and Politics
  • Rights of Women
  • The Youths
  • Imam Hossein
  • Social Ethics
  • Formal Logic

See also

References
  1. "List of Maraji in Arabic". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
  2. "نعمت اللهیه کوثریه ظهورعلیشاهیه". baktashienews.blogsky.com.
  3. مراجع و فقهاى حاضر
  4. Islamopedia, Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.
  5. Management biographies Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Islamic Centre Hamburg.
  6. About Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. "Change of leadership in the "Islamic Center of Hamburg" Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, www.hamburg.de, 20 January 2004.
  8. Achievements, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
  9. Autobiography, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
  10. Books of Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
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