Imam Ali (AS) Department opened in University of Hartford, US
Publish Date: 1/27/2016 Code: 48784

Imam Ali (AS) Department opened in University of Hartford, US

The public relations department of Science, Research and Technology Ministry announced that this department has been opened for the first time in North America.

 

IRNA- Imam Ali (AS) Department was inaugurated in the Religious Sciences College of Hartford University in participation of the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad as well as some seniors and thinkers of Hartford University in the field of religions and theology.

This department has been sponsored by thinkers and seniors in the field of religious sciences and also by public donation of $1.5m.

Imam Ali's Department aims at introducing Imam Ali's (AS) characteristics to American and the world scientific society and studying Shia Islam.

The professor of Religious Sciences College of Hartford University, Sayyed Ammar Nakhjavani was elected as the Chairman of the department's central committee.

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