Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekoonam (Persian: آیت الله محمد رضا نکونام)

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Life

Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Nekoonam (Persian: آیت الله محمد رضا نکونام)

Shi'a

, was born into the physical realm in a family with heavenly attractions and great spiritual states in Golpaygan on January 9, 1949. Since he was three, he was taught by spiritual teachers and distinguished masters of various fields, particularly, Islamic mysticism. Most of them used to live in Tehran and have been the top scholars of Iran.

Arrest

On 1 January 2015, Nekoonam was arrested and given a five-year prison sentence after he defended high-speed internet and called for greater internet freedoms in September 2014. He suffered a stroke while in prison. On 16 September 2017, Nekoonam was sentenced to 5 years in prison and was stripped of his priesthood.

Teaching experiences

Ayatollah Nekoonam has been teaching over 40 years at Qom Seminary. Some of the main areas where he has written many books on include fiqh (advanced Islamic jurisprudence), usul (advanced Islamic principles), Islamic mysticism, philosophy, moral philosophy, sociology, economics, history, politics, psychology, law, studies of angels and jinn, dream interpretation, poetry, music, women, seminaries, medicine, Koranic exegesis, etymology, etc.

Publication

Ayatollah Nekoonam has started writing since childhood. “What Do Literalists (Ikhbari) and Principlists (Usuli) Say?” which caught distinguished scholars’ attention at that time was the first book he wrote at the age of 11. So far, he has published 800 books 200 of which have already been published in Persian and Arabic. The rest are in print. Furthermore, a selection of his works are under translation into English.

Some of his works are as follows

Islamic Catechism (2 vols), Fiqh-written of Singing and Music (10 vols), Medicinal Law, Women; Ever-oppressed of History (4 vols), 30 other books on women-related issues, Dream Interpretation (5 vols), Newly established Law (2 vols), Koranic Exegesis (50 vols), the Red Travel (20 vols) and his poetic book (15 vols) comprising over 30000 lines and...

Teachers

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References

External links

Biography in Persian

www.nekoonam.ir
1949 births Living people Iranian ayatollahs Iranian Islamists Iranian Shia clerics sentenced to deposition by the Special Clerical Court People from Golpayegan Shia Islamists {{Islam-bio-stub