We are honored to announce that The University and Research Institute of Quran and Hadith held the fourth pre-con meeting of the International Conference on Theology of Pilgrimage on September 27, 2023, at The University of Quran and Hadith, Rey, Iran. In this pre-con meeting, the custodian of the shrine of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani and four faculty members of The University and Research Institute of Quran and Hadith presented their topics –in Persian- as follows:

Lecturer

Title

Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar  (the Custodian of the Shrine of Abd al-Azim al-Hasani)

The Purposes of Pilgrimage

Seyyed Mohammad Kazem Tabataba'i  (Associate Professor, The University of Quran and Hadith; Chancellor of the Research Center of Hadith Sciences and Teachings)

The Essence of Pilgrimage; the Emphasis on Monotheism in Visitation of the Holy Shrines of Shiite Imams; Case Studies: "Ziyārat al-Jāmiaʿah al-Kabīrah" and "Ziyārat ʾAmīn ʾAllāh" 

Abbas Pasandideh (Professor, The University of Quran and Hadith; Chancellor of the Research Center of Islamic Ethics and Psychology)

Psychological Effects of Pilgrimage

Ahmad Gholamali  (Assistant Professor, The University of Quran and Hadith; Vice-chancellor of the Research Center of Hadith Sciences and Teachings)

Pilgrimage and Educational Teachings

Ahmad Karimi (Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Theology, The University of Quran and Hadith)

Phenomenology of the Trans-spatial Dimensions of the Theology of Pilgrimage in Imāmiyya’s Hadiths