Ali Shariati
Ali Shariati Mazinani (1933-1977) (Persian: علی شريعتی مزینانی) or Shariati was an Iranian Muslim philosopher, sociologist, poet and writer.
Shariati's life
Shariati was born in 1933 in Mazinan, Iran. He studied sociology in the University of Paris. He returned to Iran in 1964. When he returned to Iran, the Shah regime arrested and imprisoned him for political reasons. He was released in 1965. Shariati began teaching at the University of Mashhad. He began lecturing at the Hosseiniye Ershad institute in 1967. The Shah regime arrested him again. When he was freed in 1975, he was not allowed to teach or publish anything. Shariati decided to leave the country for England. Three weeks later he died in Southampton under suspicious circumstances. He was buried in Damascus, Syria.
Shariati's most important books
- Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
- Where Shall We Begin?
- Mission of a Free Thinker
- The Free Man and Freedom of the Man
- Extraction and Refinement of Cultural Resources
- Martyrdom (book)
- Arise and Bear Witness
- Ali
- An approach to Understanding Islam
- A Visage of Prophet Muhammad
- A Glance of Tomorrow's History
- Reflections of Humanity
- A Manifestation of Self-Reconstruction and Reformation
- Selection and/or Election
- Norouz, Declaration of Iranian's Livelihood, Eternity
- Expectations from the Muslim Woman
- Horr (Battle of Karbala)
- Abu-Dahr
- Hossein Heir of Adam
- Islamology
- Red Shi'ism vs. Black Shi'ism
- Jihad and Shahadat
- Reflections of a Concerned Muslim on the Plight of Oppressed People
- A Message to the Enlightened Thinkers
- Art Awaiting the Saviour
- Fatemeh is Fatemeh
- The Philosophy of Supplication
- The Fall
- One, in front of it,Zeros to eternity
- Father,mother,we are culprits
- The Tale, My brother
- The Three Idols
- History of Civilization
- Man and Islam - see chapter "Modern Man and His Prisons"
- Religion versus Religion Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
Ali Shariati Media
The tomb of Ali Shariat, fot. Hamed Jafarnejad.
The mausoleum of Ali Shariat in 2001, fot. Ivonna Nowicka.
Ali Shariati and his family, one day after his release from prison.
1980 Iranian stamp honoring Ali Shariati.
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Related pages
Other websites
- Dr Ali Shariati Archived 2018-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Dr Ali Shariati PDF Books Archived 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- History of Iran & Persian[dead link]