1. Morteza Motahhari was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, lecturer.
46 Facts About Morteza Motahhari
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Morteza Motahhari was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association.
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Morteza Motahhari was a disciple of Ruhollah Khomeini during the Shah's reign and formed the Council of the Islamic Revolution at Khomeini's request.
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Morteza Motahhari was chairman of the council at the time of his assassination.
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Morteza Motahhari attended the Hawza of Qom from 1944 to 1952 and then left for Tehran.
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Morteza Motahhari's grandfather was an eminent religious scholar in Sistan province and since he traveled with his family to Khorasan Province, there is little information about his origin as Sistanian.
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Morteza Motahhari's father Shaykh Mohammad Hosseini was an eminent figure in his village, Fariman, who was respected by the people.
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Morteza Motahhari was considered as one of the pupils of Akhund Khorasani and besides he was admired by Ayatollah Mara'shi Najafi.
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At the age of 5, Morteza Motahhari went to school without informing his parents.
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Morteza Motahhari went to the seminary of Mashhad and studied for two years there in the school of Abd ul-Khan along with his brother.
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Morteza Motahhari considered Agha Mirza Mahdi Shahid Razavi as an eminent master in rational sciences.
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Morteza Motahhari finally took up residence in the school of Feyzieh in Qom.
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Morteza Motahhari studied the books Kifayah and Makaseb in Shia jurisprudence under the instruction of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohaqeq Yazdi popularly known as Damad.
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Morteza Motahhari participated in the lectures of Hojjat Kooh Kamarehei and sought knowledge from Sadr al-Din al-Sadr, Mohammad Taqi Khansari, Golpaygani, Ahmad Khansari and Najafi Marashi.
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Later, Morteza Motahhari emigrated to Isfahan because of hot climate of Qom.
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Morteza Motahhari was a professor of theology at Tehran University.
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Morteza Motahhari wrote several books on Islam, Iran, and historical topics.
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Morteza Motahhari opposed what he called groups who "depend on other schools, especially materialistic schools" but who present these "foreign ideas with Islamic emblems".
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Morteza Motahhari was the father-in-law of Iran's former secretary of National Security Council Ali Larijani.
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Morteza Motahhari wrote the book Mutual services of Iran and Islam in such a condition.
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Morteza Motahhari wrote an essay about revitalization of religious thought in the occasion.
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Morteza Motahhari expressed his opinions in different majors and disciplines such as philosophy, religion, economic, politics, etc.
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Morteza Motahhari emphasized on Islamic democracy for suitable political structure.
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Morteza Motahhari maintained that the ruling was one of the political aspect of Imam in society.
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Morteza Motahhari maintained that there was no conflict between science and religion since he believed that Science qua science had no conflict and challenge with metaphysics.
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Morteza Motahhari believed that the quasi-conflict between science and religion was in terms of their language not themselves.
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Morteza Motahhari refers to some elements for characterizing a developed society.
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Morteza Motahhari believed in the development of human resources but he thought that economy was not an aim but only is a condition for development.
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Morteza Motahhari clarified that men and women were innately different and therefore enjoyed different rights, duties and punishments.
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The "return to shari'a" by Morteza Motahhari was a mixed discourse that borrowed from Western ideas whenever they were suitable to his objectives.
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Morteza Motahhari believed that the eternality of Islam is provided by Fiqh.
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Morteza Motahhari thought that fiqh along with the character of ijtihad could be an important thing for confronting with the problem of different times and places.
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Morteza Motahhari analyze the concept of freedom as both right and obligation.
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Morteza Motahhari believes that the freedom has necessity for human.
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Morteza Motahhari believes that, contrary to liberalists, inborn right has an ultimate for transcending of human beings.
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Morteza Motahhari knew the right as a potential score for persons.
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Contrary to John Austin, Morteza Motahhari believes that there is a mutual relation between right and responsibility.
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Morteza Motahhari believes that the natural law theory is a rational one that is of importance for human kind.
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Morteza Motahhari refers to the concept of 'maktab' or school when he intends to define the word of religion.
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Also Morteza Motahhari believes that the domain of religion at all is not limited to life but concerned with after afterlife.
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Morteza Motahhari believes that Islam as a religion is consistent with life of human and there is no room for denying it.
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Morteza Motahhari criticized the ideology of Marxism, along with pioneer figures like Ali Shariati.
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Morteza Motahhari considered Marxism to be a great threat for youths and revolution of Iran.
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Morteza Motahhari argued that if someone compares fatwas belong to different jurists and at the same time considers their lives and states of knowledge then it is clear that the presuppositions of jurists and its knowledge affected their knowledge.
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Morteza Motahhari believed that the contemporary interpretations of Quran were considerable than Ancient rendition of Islam because the future generation has a better understanding of Quran and Also a deeper appreciation of it.
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On 1 May 1979, Morteza Motahhari was gunned down in Tehran after leaving a late meeting at the house of Yadollah Sahabi.