Mohammad Bagher Ansari ( fa, محمدباقر انصارى) (born 1946 in Mahallat,

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) is

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Shi'a Islamic

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, Islamic law

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and philosopher with the religious Rank Hujjat al-Islam.

Life

He was born in Mahallat, where he studied in

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; then he studied the religious sciences at the theological school. He studied new sciences in the high schools of this city. In addition to learning religious sciences, he studied Russian, German, and Arabic language. He completed his training in higher theology with a focus on Islamic law and philosophy in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

in 1981. From 1971 to 1976 he worked in a three-person research group led by Ayatollah Sayed Mohammad Beheshti with

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interpretation and the relationship between occidental philosophy and Islam. During these years another translation appeared on the subject of different Christian schools of faith. In 1971, Hujjat al-Islam Ansari founded an "Office for International Islamic Relations" in Qom and contacted other Islamic institutions. After the

Islamic Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

, he carried out various charitable activities. From 1982 to 1992 he was deputy chair of the "Organization for Islamic Dissemination". He was also editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper ''

Tehran Times The ''Tehran Times'' is an English-language daily newspaper. Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti, second in line in the political hierarchy following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, stated: "''Tehran Times'' is not a state-owned newspaper, rathe ...

''. From 1992 to 1998 he was head of the Islamic Center Hamburg. Since his return to

, the maintenance and expansion of international relations have been part of his area of activity. He is doing academic and religious activities. Mr. Ansari has written various articles in different areas of Islamic studies and has carried out research on Christianity.

References

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