Islamic Association of Engineers

Islamic Association of Engineers
Formation 1957
Type Not-for-profit non-governmental organization
Headquarters Tehran
Key people
 Abolfazl Bazargan, Head of Central Council[1]
Alireza Hendi, Head of Executive Committee[1]
Website iaiengineers.org

The Islamic Association of Engineers (Persian: انجمن اسلامی مهندسین‎, translit. anǰoman-e eslāmī-ye mohandesīn) is a civic[2] and professional association in Iran founded in 1957.[3]

The organization is a platform for Islamic modernist activists and a forum for debating key issues among them. It holds regular meetings, lectures and research and turns them into books.[3]

Mehdi Bazargan and Ezzatollah Sahabi were among its founders.[2] Alongside Islamic Association of Students, the organization was active against outreach of Marxist ideology before Iranian Revolution[2] and was one of the professional bodies that served as a platform for religious activism, playing an important role in shaping the Islamic ideology of the revolution.[3] Ali Shariati was among occasional lecturers at the organization.[4] A number of leading members in the association held government portfolios during Interim Government of Iran.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Ali Ayoubi (2 February 2016), "مروری بر کارنامه انجمن اسلامی مهندسین", Shargh (in Persian) (2511)
  2. 1 2 3 Sadri, Mahmoud (2008). "Liberalism, Islamic". Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 303. ISBN 031334163X.
  3. 1 2 3 Eshkevari, Hasan Yousefi; Mir-Hosseini, Ziba; Tapper, Richard (2006). "Islamic Democratic Government". Islam and Democracy in Iran: Eshkevari and the Quest for Reform. London and New York: I.B.Tauris. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-1-84511-133-5.
  4. ↑ Ali Rahnema (2000). An Islamic Utopian: A Political Biography of Ali Shariati. I.B.Tauris. p. 235. ISBN 1860645526.
  5. ↑ Richard W. Cottam (1989). Iran and the United States: A Cold War Case Study. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 191. ISBN 0822974398.


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