Islamic Association of Engineers

This article is about the civic and professional association. For political parties, see Islamic Society of Engineers and Islamic Association of Engineers of Iran.

Islamic Association of Engineers

انجمن اسلامی مهندسین
Formation	1957
Type	not-for-profit non-governmental organization
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
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, romanized: 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. Ali Ayoubi (2 February 2016), "مروری بر کارنامه انجمن اسلامی مهندسین", Shargh (in Persian), no. 2511, archived from the original on 29 November 2016, retrieved 28 November 2016
2. Sadri, Mahmoud (2008). "Liberalism, Islamic". Iran Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic Republic. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0313341632.
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.