Ali Shariati

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

1. Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
2. Where Shall We Begin?
3. Mission of a Free Thinker
4. The Free Man and Freedom of the Man
5. Extraction and Refinement of Cultural Resources
6. Martyrdom (book)
7. Arise and Bear Witness
8. Ali
9. An approach to Understanding Islam
10. A Visage of Prophet Muhammad
11. A Glance of Tomorrow's History
12. Reflections of Humanity
13. A Manifestation of Self-Reconstruction and Reformation
14. Selection and/or Election
15. Norouz, Declaration of Iranian's Livelihood, Eternity
16. Expectations from the Muslim Woman
17. Horr (Battle of Karbala)
18. Abu-Dahr
19. Hossein Heir of Adam
20. Islamology
21. Red Shi'ism vs. Black Shi'ism
22. Jihad and Shahadat
23. Reflections of a Concerned Muslim on the Plight of Oppressed People
24. A Message to the Enlightened Thinkers
25. Art Awaiting the Saviour
26. Fatemeh is Fatemeh
27. The Philosophy of Supplication
28. The Fall
29. One, in front of it,Zeros to eternity
30. Father,mother,we are culprits
31. The Tale, My brother
32. The Three Idols
33. History of Civilization
34. Man and Islam - see chapter "Modern Man and His Prisons"
35. Religion versus Religion Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine

Related pages

• List of sociologists from Asia

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