Mohammad Ali Shomali

Mohammad Ali Shomali (Persian: محمدعلى شمالى; born 22 December 1965) is a Muslim scholar, academic, philosopher and theologian. His religious rank is Hujjat al-Islam.[1]

Mohammad Ali Shomali
محمدعلى شمالى
Personal
Born (1965-12-22) December 22, 1965
Tehran, Iran
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Main interest(s)Philosophy, Theology, Ethics Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh
EducationQom Seminary
Tehran University (BA & MA)
University of Manchester (PhD)
Websitehttps://shomali.net/

Early life and education

Shomali was born 1965 in Tehran, Iran. He studied in the religious seminaries of Qom, and also completed a bachelors and masters degree in Western Philosophy from the University of Tehran. He then received his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Manchester. Shomali's thesis was on ethical relativism, and his postdoctoral research was on ethical issues related to life and death.[2][3]

Posts

Shomali currently holds a number of posts including:

He was the resident alim, and director of the Islamic Centre of England in London, from 2014 until 2019.[5][6]

Works

Shomali is Interested in effective participation through attending or organising interreligious dialogue in UK, in addition to Several countries such as USA, Canada, and several European countries and some of Asian countries.[1][2][3][7]

Catholics-Shi'a Dialogue volumes

He has an active role in the realm of  interfaith dialogue between Shiite scholars and Catholic theologians, He has contributed to editing the following books in collaboration with Abbott Timothy Wright and other scholars and theologians, he won Award for Book of the Year in the Special Session Interreligious Dialogue: Islam and Christianity in The 24th World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran 2017, And also Dr Abbott Timothy Wright won the same Award in 2017.[8][9][10]

  • Catholics & Shi'a in Dialogue: (Studies in Theology & Spirituality) (2004 & 2011).
  • Studies in Theology & Spirituality Catholic-Shi'a Engagement: (Reason & Faith in Theory and Practice) (2006 & 2011).
  • A Catholic-Shi‘a Dialogue: (Ethics in Today’s Society) (2008 & 2011).
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2012). Monks and Muslims: monastic and Shi'a spirituality in dialogue. Liturgical Press. ISBN 978-0-814-63442-4.
  • Monks and Muslims III : towards a global Abrahamic community (2015)

Protestant-Shi'a Dialogue volumes
  • Faith and Modernity: A Muslim-Christian Conversation (2018)

Publications
  • Mary, Jesus and Christianity: an Islamic Perspective, 2007 ISBN 978-1-907-91703-5
  • Shomali, Mohammad Ali (2019). The Second Fatimah: The Spiritual Role of Lady Ma'sumah and a Study of Her Ziyarah. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-073-63863-5.
  • Shomali, Mohammad Ali (2020). Self-Knowledge. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-956-27616-9.
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2008). "Human Nature and Nature of Morality". The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  • Self Development: Essays on Islamic Spirituality, 2016 ISBN 978-1-904-93411-0
  • Ethical Relativism: An Analysis of the Foundations of Morality
  • Shomali, Mohammad Ali (2014). Discovering Shi'a Islam. p. 187.
  • Shi‘a Islam: Origins, Faith & Practices 2003 ISBN 978-1-904-06311-7
  • Principles of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Methodology of Fiqh
  • The Image of God in the Qur’an
  • Spiritual Quest: A Biannual Journal of Ethics and Spirituality, 2013
  • God: Existence & Attributes, 2014
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2018). "The People of the Book: A Qur'anic Perspective". Consensus. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2008). "The Meaning of the term Shi'a". The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives.
  • Shomali, Mohammad Ali (2020). Lessons on Knowing the Qur'an. Risalat International Institute. ISBN 978-1-838-07790-7.
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2008). "Islamic bioethics: a general scheme". Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine. 1: 1–8. ISSN 2008-0387. PMC 3713653. PMID 23908711. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  • The Second Fatimah: The Spiritual Role of Lady Ma'sumah and a Study of Her Ziyarah, 2019
  • Islamic Belief System, 2020
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali (2013). "A Probe into the Concept of Friendship in the Qur'ān". University of Religions and Denominations. 2 (3): 79–90. ISSN 2322-4894. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  • Faith and Modernity: A Muslim - Christian Conversation, 2018 (Co-author)
  • Lessons on Imamah and Wilayah, 2019 ISBN 978-1-904-93428-8
  • Islamic Plan for Life, 2020
  • Mohammad, Ali Shomali; Ghodratollah, Momeni (2013). "بررسی تئوری‌های اخلاقی پایه و اصول اخلاق پزشکی". Vesnu Publications. 31 (258): 1756–1768. ISSN 1027-7595. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  • Lessons on Islamic Beliefs, 2020
  • Unity of God and Unity in God: Wings of Unity Series, Part One
  • Apostle of God
  • Islam: Doctrines, Practices & Morals
  • El Sistema de la Creencia Islámica

Some of his books have been translated and published into several languages.

Further reading
  • Borelli, John (2009). "A Catholic-Shīa Engagement: Faith and Reason in Theory and Practice Edited by Antony O'Mahony, Wulstan Petersburs and Mohammad Ali Shomali". Muslim World. 99 (4): 712–714. doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.2009.01295.x.

References
  1. ".:Biography of Dr. Shomali:". www.ic-el.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Mohammad Ali Shomali". Al-Islam.org. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. Mosaddeq, Alireza (21 February 2015). "Muḥammad ʻAlī Shomālī". Ijtihad Network. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Hawza Ilmiyya of England". www.hawzaengland.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali, Founding Director of the International Institute for Islamic Studies and the Risalat International Institute". RISALAT.
  6. "Islamic Centre of England Hosting 'Lessons from Quran'". International Quran News Agency.
  7. "islam-today.co.uk/". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. "bookaward.ir/NotRemove/Downloads/catalog_24th.pdf" (PDF).
  9. "The World Award for Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran | جایزه جهانی کتاب سال". bookaward.ir. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. Behnegarsoft.com (8 February 2017). "Iran's Book of the Year World Award names winners | IBNA". Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA). Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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