Reza Ramezani Gilani

Ayatollah
Reza Ramezani Gilani
رضا رمضانی گیلانی
Personal life
Born1963
rasht, iran
NationalityIranian
Occupation
Religious life
ReligionIslam
CreedTwelver Shia

Reza Ramezani (Persian: رضا رمضانی گیلانی) (* 1963 in Rasht, Northern Iran) is a Twelver Shia Muslim cleric with the religious Rank Ayatollah.[1] He has been a member of the Expert Council (Assembly of Experts) in the Islamic Republic of Iran since 2006.[2] From 2009 to August 2018, he was head and director of the Islamic Center Hamburg, the center of Shiite Islam in Germany.[3][4] Before working in Hamburg, he headed the Islamic Center Imam Ali Vienna.[5] He is the Secretary-General of the Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly[6] and the representative of Gilan in the Assembly of Experts.[7][8] Between 2001 and 2005, he represented the Supreme Leader and the Friday Imams in Karaj.[7][9][10][11][12]

Life and career

Ramezani studied at the theological faculty in Rasht, later in Mashhad. His teachers include the Ayatollahs.[13]

In Qom he then studied Islamic Law and Postgraduate education (ijtihad) with the Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, Wahid Khorasani, Makarem shirazi, Ja'far Sobhani, Taqi Bahjat and Madadi Khorasani, furthermore the subjects exegesis, philosophy with the Ayatollah Hassanzadeh Amoli, Ansari Schirasi, Askari Gilani and Ahmad Beheschti. Thereafter, he completed his Doctorate.

"He taught subjects such as Arabic literature, logic, philosophy, Islamic theology, ethics, exegesis, Islamic jurisprudence and canonical foundations at theological faculties in Rasht, Mashhad, Qom and Karaj, in all, including the higher levels".[5]

Ramezani is the author of numerous articles and writings.[9][10][11][12]

Literature

Al-Fadschr No. 136 (The new director of the Islamic Center Hamburg; PDF; 106 kB) Editor: Islamic Center Hamburg.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Biographies: Ayatollah Reza Ramezani Gilani". Ijtihad Network. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Islamic Centers: The Islamic Republic's Hidden Arms in Europe". IRANWIRE. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Youth of Europe inclined to Supreme Leader's letter". Taghrib News Agency (TNA). 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ WELT (3 August 2018). "Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg stellt neuen Leiter vor". DIE WELT. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Ayatollah Dr. Reza Ramezani(Seit 2009 ...)". Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg (in German). Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Secretary-General of the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly Ayatollah Reza Ramezani Gilani". Iran Press News Agency.
  7. ^ a b منتخبان پنجمین دوره خبرگان در سراسر کشور+ اسامی. Young Journalists Club. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Ayatollah Khamenei Appointed New Secretary General of the Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly". Ijtihad Network. 24 August 2019.
  9. ^ a b رمضاني، رضا. Khobregan Rahbari. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011.
  10. ^ a b "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر حضرت آیت الله دکتر رضا رمضانی گیلانی". Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Ayatollah Ramezani's mission in Hamburg ends". Tehran Times. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Imams of Center". Islamic Center Hamburg. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Iranian Cleric: Statement on 2nd Phase of Revolution Blueprint for World's Salvation". Tasnim News Agency.

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