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 

Related pages
List of sociologists from Asia

Other websites
Dr Ali Shariati 
Dr Ali Shariati PDF Books 
History of Iran & Persian

Category:Persian poets

Category:1933 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:20th-century philosophers
Category:Iranian philosophers