Curriculum vitae of Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi
Name: Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi
Date of Birth: 1/08/1958
Place of Birth: Boroujerd, Iran
His main idea and purpose in getting peace and absolute freedom:
1) In his idea, abusing of religious beliefs by the domineering and
dictatorial rulers are the basis of many problems, therefore; many wars,
terrors, violence would be disappeared by separating religion from
politics in the Middle East where most of people are followers of the
monotheistic religions.
2) He advocates peace and freedom of beliefs and religions.”God created
us equally and people should create kindness, peace and justice between
each other instead of killing and violence”, he said.
3) He desires to eliminate the rough penal punishments such as:
execution, torture, whipping, stoning and imprisoning which are arising
from incorrect interpretation of Islamic jurisprudence.
Social Activities:
International activities:
1) Letters to world authorities and global prominent organizations:
a) The plea to the United Nations
Secretary-General to hold an open referendum in Iran , 2009
b) To UN Security Council , 2009
c) The New President of the USA,
Barack Obama, December, 2008.
d) His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI,
2006.
e) Mr. Kofi Annan Former
United Nations Secretary-General, 2006.
f) The EU Foreign Policy chief Javier
Solana, 2006.
g) The Nobel Peace Committee,
2007, 2008.
h) Former President of USA, George W. Bush,
2007.
i) The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy,
2007.
j) The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel,
2007.
k) The Senior Iraqi Shiite Cleric, Grand Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani, 2007.
l) The letter to the Ulema and teachers of
Al-Azhar University , 2009
m) To the conference of the Prosecutors
of the Islamic countries in Tehran , 2009
n) Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s message to the G-20
summit in London , 2009
o) His invitation to public
unity against religious despotism , 2009
p) The message to the next conference on the relations
between Iran and arab world , 2009
q) The letter to secretary general of Lebanon,
Seyed Hasan Nasrollah , 2009
r) The letter to honorable members of United
States Commission on International Religious, 2009
2) Negotiations and interviews with intellectuals, representatives of
parties and foreign independent NGOs and international Medias (VOA,
Radio Farda, Rferl Radio, Deutsche Welle, SBS, Channel One, Pars TV,
Mehr TV, BBC, Multi Kulti Radio, Sweden Radio, France Radio, etc.).
3) Acceptance and propagation of the UN Charter and Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
4) Supporting peaceful movements all around the world especially in
Middle East, inviting Arab nations and Israelis to reach everlasting
peace, and rejection of Anti-Semitism.
5) Proposing solutions to recent economic crisis in the world.
6) Worldwide invitation to support the dispossessed and poor people.
7) Sending messages on different occasions and ceremonies to the
followers all around the world.
8) Recommendations to the world powers for observing freedom, social
justice and independence.
9) Sending reports to human rights defending organizations related to
violence of human rights in Iran.
Internal activities:
1- Sending letters and reminders to the Iranian religious and
governmental authorities about injustice of religious regime;
a) The joint letter to the leader, head of the
judiciary and other officials, 2004.
b) The joint letter to seminaries and religious
clerics, 2001.
c) The Chairman of the Expediency Discernment
Council of Iran ,2009.
d) Letter to Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad,
the President of Iran, 2006.
e) Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s questions from the
director of the committee on citizen Rights ,2009.
f) The Special Court of Clergy for Restoration of
his own Confiscated Documents and Books , 2009.
2- Requesting the governmental authorities to perform a free liberal
referendum in the presence of international supervisors.
3- Inviting the leaders and governmental clerics to a formal debate on
television.
4- Leading the great benediction gathering with the presence of
different religious followers such as Shiites and Sunnis, Christians,
Jews, Zoroastrians, Baha’is and also other troubled people with any kind
of faith and ideology.
5- Revealing peaceful aspects of Islam and other religions to make link,
peace and friendship between their followers.
6- Managing the book reading’s sessions to improve public knowledge.
7- Protesting to every autocracy, censorship, oppression, injustice,
tyranny and social decay
8- Rejecting of every economical gain from religious activities.
9- Public consulting for promotion of society by using sociological and
psychological methods.
10- Emphasizing on preservation of national and ancient values.
11- Overseeing welfare centers for helping poor people and assistance of
injured citizens from natural events.
12- Presenting new and peaceful interpretations of Holly Quran.
13- Clarification of the non contradiction between science and religion
and encouraging juvenile to learn knowledge.
14- Promulgation of absolute democracy and protesting to restriction of
democracy as “religious democracy”.
15- Open objection to existing mismanagement which is the cause of brain
drain and increase public problems in Iran.
16- Revelation against religious colonialism, exploitation, hegemony in
the world.
17- Condemnation of Islamic fundamentalism and radicalism and terror.
18- Objection to the continuation and elongation of Iran-Iraq war
started in 1980.
19- Objection to the non acceptance of UN statement about Iran nuclear
program which has caused more isolation and international sanctions.
20- Compile and publish of books, essays and poems with various socially
needed themes. It is noticeable that the books of “Freedom” and “The
Best Divine Names” were not allowed to be published in Iran. 21.
Inviting people to communicate with God independently of any person.
Some prominent characteristics:
1- In spite of his high spiritual and scientific status and popularity,
he never interfered and interested in political and governmental status
and customary luxury. He didn’t neglect his peaceful and humanely
responsibilities and he lost everything in this way.
2- His requests was not personal, rather he litigated the needs of
social classes regardless in their beliefs. He hasn’t believed in any
discrimination between human beings. Theses behavior put him in the
public prosecutor status.
3- He always showed particular innovation in his planes which is unique.
Proscriptions and problems:
In spite of governmental boycott, censorship, prosecution of
criticizers, political suffocation, terror of opponent peoples, illegal
courts and other cases of human rights violation in Iran, this liberal
and justice advocating leader, have continued his peaceful activities
even from prison bravely and clearly, with upholding of Iranian people.
He has been under tortures and pressure and the government has several
times had attempts on his life to make his voice quiet because he has
continued his peaceful activities inside prison.
Detentions and Trials:
1) In June 1995, January 2001.
Due to public protesting against the Ulema and religious authorities who
advocate Political Religion in his independent speeches and leading
independent nongovernmental religious gatherings, he was arrested by the
Special Court for the Clergy.
2) On 8 October 2006:
He and hundreds of people present around his house to prevent his
detention were arrested. The trials have been started since 10th June
2007 and he has been tried without any legal representation and presence
of reporters and Media.
His Significant Charges include:
1) Waging war against God" (Moharebeh)
2) Using the term "religious dictatorship" instead of "Islamic Republic"
3) Publicly calling political leadership by the clergy (Velayat-e Faqih)
unlawful.
4) Leading the great independent gathering especially a few months
before detention.
5) Provoking Public opinion against government in the gatherings.
6) Acceptance of different religious followers in his mosques and
gatherings.
7) Planning for leading “Fetr” prayers in collaboration with
anti-revolutionaries, spies and Satellite Medias.
8) Promulgation against seminaries and the Ulema about Islam and
religious jurisprudence and penal codes.
9) Accusing the originator of Iran Islamic revolution of heresy in
religion and accusing governmental authorities of treason and
corruption.
10) Interviews and links with foreign media.
Summary of his Biography:
Ayatollah Seyed Hossein Kazemeini Boroujerdi is the Holy Prophet of
Islam, Muhammad’s thirtieth son in accordance with valid documents and
references such as the book of “Zekri Al-Mohsenin” that its last edition
was republished in Tehran in 2000. His ancestors had been the big
religious leaders in their own time and had not interfered in politics
and state.
In 1958, he was born in Shiite religious authority’s house in Boroujerd,
Iran. He learned the elementary courses in the city of “Boroujerd” under
supervision of his father, Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Ali Kazemeini
Boroujerdi, his grandfather, Ayatollah Seyed Taher Kazemeini Boroujerdi,
and Sheikh Taghi Motahhari. He learned the next levels in “Qom” under
supervision of masters such as Ayatollah Marashi Najafi, Ayatollah
Sheikh Mohammad Sadoogi Yazdi, and Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Vahidi.
In 1979, Ayatollah Boroujerdi assumed the Imamate of Hemmat-Abad mosque
in commandment of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani and at the
same time he continued his learning under the supervision of the Ulema
of Tehran such as Ayatollah Sheikh Hassan Saeed Tehrani, Ayatollah Seyed
Abdol-Hossein Zo-al-Riasatein, and his father.
In 1991, he started his teaching in different subjects such as moral,
Gnostic, and social as meetings and conferences. He advised people
without pertaining to any political or other parties. Many people
participated in his classes and gatherings to achieve knowledge and
wisdom. His knowledge and special personality attracted people in
different classes and even religious minorities.
He continued his activities for decrying heresy, superstitions and
religious fanaticisms and violence. In June 1995, He was arrested and
sent to Tohid prison. He restarted his activities in a short time after
being released.
Since 1996, he and his father assumed the Imamate and management of Noor
Mosque in Tehran.
Due to his elucidating and descriptive speeches
and warning to seminaries, he was arrested for the second time in
January 2001 and exposed to tortures give rise to his heart attack.
In August 2002, his father who was one of the religious authorities
opposed to political religion was killed by government that caused
intensifying pressures and losing his situation in his father’s mosque.
His activities was increased in his house and each month he had big
meetings and gatherings until August 2002 that he was summoned to the
special court of clergy. He was forced to stop all his activities.
Due to people’s request and attention, he restarted his activities in
new ways. In 29 June 2006, his last public gathering was carried out
without any media propaganda, in complete boycott and with a large
population attending in the largest athletic stadium (Shahid Keshvari)
in Tehran, Iran.
Sunday morning, 30 June 2006, police and security forces attacked his
house to arrest him, but their efforts failed because of the resistance
of people and his followers.
Saturday morning, 7 October 2006, governmental forces attacked to his
house extensively.
During this attack that was continued until the
next day morning, 8 October 2006, Ayatollah Boroujerdi with the hundreds
of men and women were arrested.
Since then he has been under tortures in different sections of Evin
Prison in Tehran and exiled in 22 November 2008 to Yazd central Prison.
As before, he has continued his efforts for separation of religion from
state and peace among followers of different religions.
At the end, during his last detention, he was banned from wearing cleric
clothes, so he notified several times that he will never wear the
clothes again to protest to clergy dictatorship.
List of publications:
Books:
1- “Hakim” (Philosophy), First Published 1997, Second Published 2000.
2- “The Rain in Burned Desert”, Tehran 2002.
3- “The Best Divine Names”, not allowed to be published in 2006.
4- “Freedom”, it is about proof of freedom in Holly Quran that was not
allowed to be published in 2002 due to censorship and restrictions of the
Iranian Ministry of Guidance.
*Explanation: The banned writings were not allowed to be published due
to censorship and restrictions of the Iranian Ministry of Guidance.
Other Publications:
5- “ Secularism is an ideal
plan for relieving men of all spiritual doubts”.
Mr. Boroujerdi was invited to make a presentation at the 5th annual
conference on Peace and Religion, held on March 27th, 2009 at Kennesaw State
University. Since he has been imprisoned, he was unfortunately not allowed
to participate in the conference.
6- “Rejection of the principle of Velayat-e Faqih”,
In this article it is proved that the principle of Velayate Faghih is not on
the basis of Holy Quran and Islamic documents. It is written in Evin Prison,
Tehran 2010.
7- “The combination of State and Islam, a carnal idea”,
it is written in Evin Prison, Tehran 2010.
8- “The Outrage and Opposition to Political Islam”, it
is written in Evin Prison, Tehran 2010.
9- Poems: He has composed more than 100 poems: Some of them were published
in his books before his detention in October 2006 and the others could be
found on internet references.
10- The collection of many articles, declarations and letters after his
detention in October, 2006.
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