Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad مصطفی محقق داماد | |
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| Spouse | Fazeleh Larijani |
| Children | 5 |
| Other names | Persian: مصطفی محقق داماد |
| Website | www.mdamad.com |
Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad (
Education
Mostafa passed his Islamic education in
Responsibilities
As of 1988, he is member of The Academy of Sciences of Iran. Also, he is a professor in Faculty of Law at Shahid Beheshti University from 2007. He reportedly has held such posts in Iran as Chief of the State Inspectorate Organization, head of the Department of Islamic Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Iran, head of Commission of Judicial Bill Collection of Iran, and head of Commission of Compiling Judicial Acts.[2][1][3]
At a September 2005 speech in the United States written up by an Iranian American doctor, he gave his opinions that there are no irreconcilable differences between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Islamic jurisprudence, that no compulsion is permissible in religion, that apostasy should be punished only if it involves undertaking actions to destabilize the social order, and that "nothing should be forced on the people by the government, not even daily prayers."[3]
In October 2010, Damad, representing
In September 2022, following the
See also
Shia portal
References
- ^ a b "About the Four Principals and Participants". Washington National Cathedral. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad". Berkley Center. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ a b God without force, A brief encounter with Seyed Doctor Professor, Nizam B. Missaghi, September 16, 2005
- ^ “Shia Muslim Address to Synod on the Middle East.”
- ^ Senior ayatollahs say Iran's morality police are 'illegal and un-Islamic' - MSN
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