Musa al-Musawi

Imam Dr[citation needed] Musa al-Musawi
Musa al-Musawi
Title	Imam Dr[citation needed]
Personal
Born	1930 Najaf, Mandatory Iraq
Died	1997 Los Angeles, United States
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Iranian, Iraqi
Main interest(s)	Islamic philosophy
Notable idea(s)	Shia reformism
Notable work(s)	The Miserable Revolution, Shiah:a critical revision
Occupation	Professor
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Influenced by Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, Salafi movement
Post	Professor of Islamic Economics at the University of Tehran 1960-1963, Lecturer of Islamic Philosophy at the Baghdad University 1968-78 as a professor, Visiting fellow at the Halle University (GDR) and Tripoli University in Libya 1973-1974, Research associate at the Harvard University 1975-1978 and lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles 1978

Musa al-Musawi (1930-1997) was a Muslim scholar and professor of philosophy, he wrote books on philosophy^[1] and revisionist texts on Shia Islam.^[2] His grandfather was Grand Ayatullah Abu al-Hasan al-Esfahani whom he lived with for 17 years after the assassination of his father.^[1] He was educated at Najaf traditional religious school and was awarded the highest certificate in Islamic Law (Ijtihad) from its university.^{[1][better source needed]} He was also the 20th Majles deputy for Lanjan (1961).