Ahmad Vaezi

Professor at Seminary and University

Ahmad Vaezi was born in 1341 SH (1962/1963 CE) in Shahr-e Rey. In 1359 SH (1980/1981 CE), after receiving his diploma in mathematics, he entered seminary studies. In 1365 SH (1986/1987 CE), after completing the intermediate level (Sath), he studied advanced courses (Dars-e Kharij) in jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence under the scholars of the time until the late 1370s SH (late 1990s CE). In parallel with his seminary studies, from 1367 SH (1988/1989 CE) he turned to modern theology (Kalām-e Jadid) and Western philosophy. He has taught at universities such as Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran; also, from 1380 SH (2001/2002 CE) after leaving for England, he taught in English for two years at the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge and the Islamic College of London. He is one of the clerics well-versed in modern scientific discourses.