Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari

Dr. Mohammad Hossein Mozaffari is an Iranian scholar whose academic background connects international law with Islamic studies. Given his academic background, he has established research experience which concentrated on interdisciplinary subjects of international law, human rights and Islamic studies. His research works are chiefly aimed at indigenization of human rights notions in Muslim societies and reconciliation of conflicting areas between the two distinct disciplines of international law and Islamic studies, ranging from philosophical concepts such as human dignity to religious liberty, religious intolerance, peaceful coexistence, war and peace and sustainable development.
His career also focuses on interreligious dialogue and he was able to utilize his academic and research background in his career for narrowing the cultural divide between Muslim and Western civilizations through intercultural and interreligious dialogue. He also succeeded to employ his research experience to enrich his career in the field of inter-religious relations, aiming at the promotion of peace and reconciliation among religions and nations.