Musa al-Musawi (1930-1997) was a Muslim scholar and professor of philosophy, he wrote books on philosophy and revisionist texts on Shia Islam. His grandfather was Grand Ayatullah Abu al-Hasan al-Esfahani whom he lived with for 17 years after the assassination of his father. He was educated at Najaf traditional religious school and was awarded the highest certificate in Islamic Law (Ijtihad) from its university. He was also the 20th Majles deputy for Lanjan (1961).

Timeline of his life

Books

al-Musawi wrote many books over a variety of topics.

Books on Shiite doctrine

Books on Islamic philosophy

Books on contemporary politics within Iran in the 1970s and ‘80s

Iranian Oral History Project

Dr Musa al-Musawi was interviewed for 5 hours by Shahla Haeri for Harvards the Iranian Oral History Project, the project is a collection of personal accounts of 134 individuals who played major roles in or were eyewitnesses to important political events in Iran from the 1920s to the 1980s. Amongst the people interviewed are Massoud Rajavi, Shapour Bakhtiar, Abolhassan Banisadr and Mehdi Haeri Yazdi.