Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari
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Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is an Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, and reformist Islamic thinker known for his influential works on religious hermeneutics, democracy, and human rights in Islam.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari Context triple: [University of Tehran, hasNotableFaculty, Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari]
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Mohammad Mohaqiq
Mohammad Mohaqiq is an Afghan Hazara political leader and former mujahideen commander who has played a prominent role in Afghanistan’s post-Taliban politics.
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Sher Mohammad Karimi
Sher Mohammad Karimi is a senior Afghan military leader who served as Chief of General Staff of the Afghan National Army and played a key role in the country’s post-2001 security forces.
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C.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
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E.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari Target entity description: Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is an Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, and reformist Islamic thinker known for his influential works on religious hermeneutics, democracy, and human rights in Islam.
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A.
Mohammad Mohaqiq
Mohammad Mohaqiq is an Afghan Hazara political leader and former mujahideen commander who has played a prominent role in Afghanistan’s post-Taliban politics.
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B.
Sher Mohammad Karimi
Sher Mohammad Karimi is a senior Afghan military leader who served as Chief of General Staff of the Afghan National Army and played a key role in the country’s post-2001 security forces.
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C.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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D.
Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
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E.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Iranian Shia cleric
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Islamic philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ reformist Islamic thinker ⓘ religious intellectual ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islam and democracy
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Qur’anic interpretation ⓘ human rights in Islam ⓘ political theology ⓘ religious hermeneutics ⓘ religious reform ⓘ |
| ideology |
Islamic reformism
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religious pluralism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Iranian religious intellectuals
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debates on Islam and democracy in Iran ⓘ reformist Islamic thinkers in Iran ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Western philosophy
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contemporary Islamic thought ⓘ modern hermeneutics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arguments for compatibility of Islam and democracy
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critique of traditional Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ defense of human rights from an Islamic perspective ⓘ emphasis on historical context in understanding revelation ⓘ reformist readings of Islamic texts ⓘ theory of religious hermeneutics in Islam ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Persian ⓘ |
| nationality | Iranian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
contextual reading of Qur’an and Sunna
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distinction between religion and religious understanding ⓘ hermeneutical approach to revelation ⓘ human rights as rational and ethical norms accessible beyond religion ⓘ necessity of democratic procedures for just governance ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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cleric ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| positionOn |
advocates separation between divine religion and human religious knowledge
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argues that Sharia is a human understanding of divine will ⓘ argues that religious knowledge is fallible and historically conditioned ⓘ criticizes literalist interpretations of scripture ⓘ supports democracy in Muslim societies ⓘ supports reinterpretation of Islamic law in light of modern values ⓘ supports universal human rights ⓘ |
| religion | Shia Islam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari Description of subject: Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is an Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, and reformist Islamic thinker known for his influential works on religious hermeneutics, democracy, and human rights in Islam.
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