Abbas Mehregan, Ph.D. (2013), University of Cologne (Germany), is a sociologist and Islamic scholar. He has carried out several studies in the field of sociology of religion with an emphasis on Shia Islam and Shiite clerical institution.

"The book contains many other remarkable findings that make its reading worthwhile to academics, researchers, students, socio-economic and political commentators, as well as the non-academic public, who are interested in the relationship between religion, and Islam in particular, and democratic values." - Mohammad Reza Bayat, University of Tehran, in: Review of Religious Research 58 (2016)

Abbas Mehregan, Ph.D. (2013), University of Cologne (Germany), is a sociologist and Islamic scholar. He has carried out several studies in the field of sociology of religion with an emphasis on Shia Islam and Shiite clerical institution.

"The book contains many other remarkable findings that make its reading worthwhile to academics, researchers, students, socio-economic and political commentators, as well as the non-academic public, who are interested in the relationship between religion, and Islam in particular, and democratic values." - Mohammad Reza Bayat, University of Tehran, in: Review of Religious Research 58 (2016)

Abbas Mehregan, Ph.D. (2013), University of Cologne (Germany), is a sociologist and Islamic scholar. He has carried out several studies in the field of sociology of religion with an emphasis on Shia Islam and Shiite clerical institution.

"The book contains many other remarkable findings that make its reading worthwhile to academics, researchers, students, socio-economic and political commentators, as well as the non-academic public, who are interested in the relationship between religion, and Islam in particular, and democratic values." - Mohammad Reza Bayat, University of Tehran, in: Review of Religious Research 58 (2016)