Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari
| Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari | |
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| Member of the Parliament | |
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In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 |
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| Constituency | Shabestar |
| Majority | 20,167 (74.9%) |
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| Born | 1936 (age 80–81) Shabestar, East Azerbaijan, Iran |
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| Theological work | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
| Main interests | Philosophy of religion, Hermeneutics |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
| Taught at | University of Tehran |
Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari (Persian: محمد مجتهد شبستری; born 1936 in Shabestar, Iran) is an Iranian philosopher, theologian, hermeneutist and former professor at University of Tehran. He is noted for his idea that "ad-din, (religion) is perfect, but not all-encompassing, i.e. it does not possess the answer to every question in life". Formerly a political activist and MP, he retired himself from politics in 1984.
He was also Imam of Islamic Centre Hamburg between 1970 and 1978.
As a student in Qom, Shabestari studied with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Allameh Tabatabaei. He was influenced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's idea that "Islamic ethics was not limited" to "personal relationships", but should be "reflected in the state and its form of government."
He stayed in the seminary for seventeen years, achieving both degrees of Ijtihad (religious adjudication) and Doctor of Philosophy.
In the spirit of the political Shia in 1960s and 1970s Iran, Shabestari also felt closely associated with the thinking of religious intellectuals such as Jalal Al-e Ahmad and Ali Shariati, as well as the politically motivated cleric Morteza Motahhari.
From 1970-1978, Shabestari served as director of the Shiite Islamic Center in the Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, Germany. He followed in this position Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti (who was to become one of the main architects of the Islamic revolution of Iran) and was later succeeded in this position by future president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami.
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