Adjunct Professor: Dr Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour

Dr Bahmanpour, raised in Iran, studied at Queen Mary College London, the London School of Economics and the Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran. He has been editor of several cultural, religious and political magazines and a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge. Dr Bahmanpour is the Principal of the Islamic College for Advanced Studies in London.

Dr Bahmanpour has written a number of books, including:

- Khoftigaane beedaar: A Persian novel on the story of the Seven Sleepers-ashaab al-kahf, award winner of the book of the year, Tehran, 1994
- Raast-o-dorugh: A short novel in Persian, 1996
- Faraz-o-nasheebe aqlaniyyat: A Persian book on the history and meaning of rationality, Tehran, 2000
- Muslim Identity in the 21st Century, London, 2001
- Shajarehe tuba: A Persian book on the life and times of Fatima, the daughter of Prophet of Islam, Tehran, 2001

He has also penned the following articles:
- Rationalization and Muslim Identity, presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1997
- Social Change and Jurisprudential Stagnancy, presented at SOAS, London, 1999
- A Pragmatic Approach to the Implementation of Shari’ah in Islamic Iran, Cambridge, Brismes Conference, 2000
- Relevance of Sira of the Prophet of Islam to Our Modern Life, Sira Conference, Sri Lanka, 2000
- Family in Islam, printed by Spring, 2000
- The Spiritual Status of Mary in Islam, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity, 2001
- The Religion of Human Rights and Other Religions: Are They Compatible? Goethe Institute, 2003

 

Google Translation

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