مقالات رزومه دکتر رضا کاظمی راد

In the history of the Abrahamic religions as well as in the Holy Scriptures, there are numerous statements and allusions to condemnation blasphemy. In the Old Testament, there are many hints and warnings of disrespect to “Yahweh”. In the New Testament and the Christian tradition, the insult to "Jesus Christ", "Holy Spirit" and “Holy Mary" as the Mother of God has been considered more than other concepts. In Islam, the field of sanctities is more comprehensive than the other two religions, and contrary to the exclusive view of the other two religions, insulting the sanctities of other religions is also a crime and punishable. The same approach exists in the Islamic legal system. Islamic countries and the divine sanctities of other religions are also respected. Whereas in the common law system, as the forerunner of Western legal systems, only insulting the sanctities of the Christian religion has been criminalized. Of course, the same consideration has been canceled in most Western countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Scotland, and so on. This study has evaluated this issue in the Holy Scriptures and the biographies of the three religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by means of content analysis.

Ethics and moral teachings cover much of the content of religions, both divine and non-divine. This issue is very prominent in the Abrahamic religions, especially Islam and Christianity. What is at front of  Catholic and Shiite Muslim is a set of moral teachings on one hand and beliefs, including the hereafter on the other hand. When we combine the two categories of ethics and the Hereafter, we find a meaningful relationship between them in several aspect. It is true that the hereafter in Shi'a differs in many respects from the hereafter in Christianity, but there are some things in common, including the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the deeds, the calculation, and so on. This leads us to share some insights into the relationship between morality and the hereafter in these two religions. This dissertation seeks to explain the relationship between ethics and the hereafter in the two religions by means of libraries, documentary studies, and content analysis. Finally, what has been learned from this study is that in both religions, the hereafter has an impact on the hereafter in three areas of meaning, motivation, and end. In the sense that the meaning of some ethical propositions depends on the existence of the hereafter; the hereafter has the function of motivating the individual to live ethically, and ultimately that the hereafter ends the individual's moral action in this world.

Abraham as the common ancestor of Abrahamic religions is of special position in the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, while some contemporary intellectuals are of the opinion that the difference between these three religions on Abraham is greater than what they have in common. A review of the interpretations and disputes made about the story of Abraham in the Qur’an and the Bible, particularly before opening the Second Vatican Council and the Catholic Church strong inclination toward dialogues, or rather, interfaith dialogues is a good case in point. In the meantime, the event “the Sacrifice of Abraham” (Abraham’s child sacrifice) is the most pivotal and controversial issues of which different interpretation have been presented in Abrahamic religions and has gained a different center of gravity in any other religious traditions. This paper, by reading the different conceptions which have been done based on the Qur’an’s version, as well as, biblical narrative of this event, seeks to explore the main theme of the Abraham’s offering his child in Abrahamic religions, and cast a new light on this issue in three religious traditions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

After the verbal disputes on the subject of God's attributes, perhaps the most important religious discussion and dispute that have led to the creation of new religious groups has been the belief in apocalyptic ideas. The authors of this article believe that one of the reasons for the emergence of new religious sects is the prediction of a specific time for the Presence of the Savior. Sometimes, setting a specific time in the future has led a group to come together based on this belief and share common values and notions and finally form a common religious group. They, even after their predictions are seen wrong after the due date, still continue to emphasize the common values and ideas they retain. In Christianity, Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses are noted and in Islam, the Bahai Faith is an example. These new religious sects are based on the prophetic vision of their leaders, and yet they played a different role and have had special effect on each of them.

The belief in the promised redeemer and appearance of the promised savior is one of the topics which has been the special concern of many people over the history. The violence-based thought of the expected and promised one has tempted some people to assume the post of being the savior by making use of people's ignorance. About a century ago, Mirza Gholam Ahmad Qadiyani came out with such an approach in India. He claimed that he was the promised Mahdi and, relying on some narrations, the expected Messiah. Also, he assumed prophecy by his interpretation of Seal (Khatam) and establishment of a new kind of prophecy called shadow prophecy. Finally, by changing some of the religious injunctions in Islam he adduced grounds for abandoning his religion. This paper elaborates on Gholam Ahmad Qadiyani's assumption of being the savior and his role in developing Qadiyani (Ahmadiyyeh) sect.

The Judgment day is considered the common chapter among all the religions, and an era named Judgment day or the Last day has been mentioned in the training of all great religions. One of the most important features of this era is the arrival and appearance of the life saviour of the Judgment day. The doctrine of the arrival of the life saviour of the Judgment day has a very special position particularly in both religions of Islam and Christianity. The importance of this issue for the followers of these religions and eagerness and eternal wait of them to understand the phenomenon of appearance has made the situation suitable for a group of people to misuse their feelings. These people have misused this public tendency and they made different groups and branches (sectarian groups) under the name of life saviour all the time throughout the history. So during the last two centuries in both religions Islam and Christianity, depending on different factors and of course with accepting this belief in the arrival of the life saviour, different groups and branches have been formed. The interesting point about this issue is that common factors in both religions have been misused by the leaders of these groups and branches and this issue can put these branches under a common factor. In this paper, we aim to analyze the factors that cause the creation of numerous sectarian branches in both religions of Islam and Christianity. The factors such as: claim made to be appointed (by God), claim made as the successor for The Saviour, the perception of deadline and historicity for appearance of The Saviour and the role of social conditions in appearance of the Claimants. As a result, and because of these reasons, we searched and analyzed different sects, groups and branches in Islam like: Sheikhieh, Babieh, Bahaiism, Ghadyanieh and the movement of Mehdi Sudani and three branches in Christianity like: Odontism, Mormonism, Jehovah's witnesses.