Abdulaziz sachedina biography of mahatma
Abdulaziz sachedina biography of mahatma
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Abdulaziz Sachedina
Islamic scholar
Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina is an Iranian professor and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Biography
He has been a professor since He annually teaches courses on Classical Islam, Islam in the Modern Age, Islam, Democracy and Human Rights, Islamic Bioethics and Muslim Theology. He was born in Tanzania, his heritage originally is from India.
He has an MA/PhD from the University of Toronto and has BA degrees from Aligarh Muslim University in India and Ferdowsi University of Mashad in Iran.[1]
In , Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani thanked him for his translation of a book on Imam Mahdi into English, originally written by Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini.
The acknowledgement letter was published by the Iranian Hawza magazine.[2]
In , Grand Ayatollah Sistani issued a statement against Sachedina that advised Muslims not to li