Welcome to Noor Va Danesh

Reza Sadr

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

* Completion of entire Islamic Seminary Education in holy city of Qom to the level of post-seminary and extra-religious studies

* Holder of Doctorate degree in Religious Studies from University of Tehran

* Holder of Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Masters of Science degree in Management Science, both from the U.S.

Dr. Seyed Masoud Noori

Seyed Masoud Noori is a Law professor, Islamic issues researcher, and journalist focusing on the relationship between Sharia and the international human rights law system. In addition to a PhD in Private Law, he has more than 20 years of experience in studying, teaching, and researching Islam-especially the Shi’a school- at Qom seminary, including 8 years advanced and research courses - known as kharij - Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Jurisprudence) and Fiqh (Jurisprudence).

Dr. M.Tabatabai Shahab

Dr. Shahab was born and raised in Tehran. He attended grade and high schools in Tehran. He accepted to University of Tehran College of Medicine and graduated with MD degree from there. He travelled to United States for his post graduate training in Obstetrics and gynecology in University of Cincinnati at Good Samaritan Hospital. He took his first part of Board and then went to University of Kentucky for his post Training education in Gynecology cancer surgery.

Hossein Kamaly

Hossein Kamaly, Assistant Professor in the Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Department, specializes in Middle Eastern history and Islamic Studies. After years of working as an electrical engineer, computer programmer, mathematical analyst, and simultaneous interpreter, he obtained a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 2004. His research interests focus on intellectual history, and the broad field of Perso-Islamic studies. He is committed to close reading of classical texts, and teaches courses in which important themes are traced across texts and societies.

Abdol-Ali Bazargan

The elder son of Mehdi Bazargan, the late Prime Minister of Iran, Mohandes Abdol-Ali Bazargan was born in 1944 in Tehran.

Although an architect by trade, Mr. Bazargan's long religious and political activities date back to early 60's with his membership in the National Front's Youth Group while still in high school. A couple of years later he helped found the Islamic Student Association of Shahid Beheshti University (then, known as the National University of Iran). But, his political activities did not end there. Mr. Bazargan subsequently signed up and remained an active member of various Islamic and progressive movements including the political wing of Iran's Freedom Movement since 1975. Some of those activities did not sit well with those in government earning him multiple convictions in Iranian military and revolutionary courts (both before and after the revolution) costing him between 4 months and 2 years prison sentences in 1972 and 1991, respectively.

Dr. Nasrin Rouzati

Dr. Nasrin Rouzati is a part time Associate Professor of Religious Studies in Manhattan College, New York. She holds a Ph.D. from Durham University, UK in Middle Eastern / Islamic Studies. Her research interests are Islamic Theology, Qur’anic Studies, and Theodicy. Her book titled “Trial and Tribulation in the Qur’an: Towards a Mystical Theodicy” was published in 2015. She is also the author of several articles including, “Evil and Human Suffering in Islamic Thought”, and “Divine Love as the Reason for Creation in Islam—An Exploration of Nursi’s Epistles of Light”. Dr. Rouzati has authored several book chapters which are currently under publication. These include: Roudlege’s Handbook of Islamic Ethics, T&T Clarck’s Handbook of the Problem of Evil, and Springer’s Rumi and Rumiology: Wisdom, Happiness, and Prosperity.