Reza Hosseini Nassab

Grand Ayatollah
Reza Hosseini Nassab
آية الله سید رضا حسینی‌نسب
Religion Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
School Ja`fari
Personal
Born 1960
Yazd, Iran
Senior posting
Based in Canada
Title Grand Ayatollah
Religious career
Post Grand Ayatollah
Website www.hoseini.org

Grand Ayatollah[1][2] Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab (Persian: سيد رضا حسيني نسب) (born 1960) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja,[3][4][5] currently residing in Canada.[6] 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]]".

Hosseini Nassab was born in Yazd, Iran and studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom.[7] He then went to Canada, where he founded Valie Asr Islamic Center in Toronto,[8] and Ahlul Bayt Center in Ottawa.[9] 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.[10] He then returned to Canada to found Imam Mahdi Islamic School in Windsor, and Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Toronto, Ontario.[11]

Publications

Hosseini Nassab has written more than 40 publications about Islamic theology, Shia faith, philosophy, jurisprudence and logic.[12] His publications include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Autobiography, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website
  2. ↑ اسامی مراجع تقلید شیعه: آیت الله العظمی حسینی نسب
  3. ↑ List of Maraji in Arabic
  4. ↑ List of Maraji in Persian
  5. ↑ مراجع و فقهاى حاضر
  6. ↑ Islamopedia, Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab.
  7. ↑ Management biographies, Islamic Centre Hamburg.
  8. ↑ About.
  9. ↑ Management biographies, Islamic Centre Hamburg.
  10. ↑ "Change of leadership in the "Islamic Center of Hamburg", www.hamburg.de, 20 January 2004.
  11. ↑ Achievements, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.
  12. ↑ Autobiography, Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab's official website.

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