Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies (Dec 2019)

A Conversation with Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina on Shi’a

  • Betül Yurtalan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 317 – 325

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Abdulaziz Sachedina is one of the prominent scholars in the field of Islamic Studies in the West. He continues his studies and classes at the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University in Virginia, USA and at the Religious Studies Department of the same university. Sachedina is interested in theological issues related to Shiism and Sunnism, as well as subjects such as Islamic Biomedical Ethics, Islamic Law, Islam and Human Rights. This conversation, which is about Shi'ism, was done in May 2019. His interest in Shiism and approach to current issues have been discussed.

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