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        2. Moojan Momen (b.
        3. Dr Moojan Momen was born in Iran, but was raised and educated in England, attending the University of Cambridge.
        4. Dr Moojan Momen is a well-known scholar of the Bahá'í Faith.

          5. Moojan Momen (b....

          Moojan Momen

          British-Iranian Baháʼí scholar (born )

          Moojan Momen[a] (b. ) is a retired physician and historian specializing in Baháʼí studies who has published numerous books and articles about the Baháʼí Faith and Islam, especially Shia Islam, including for Encyclopædia Iranica the British Library,[3] and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

          His book An introduction to Shi'i Islam has been used as required reading in university and seminary courses on Shia Islam.[4] He won the 7th annual Thomas Robbins Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements in for his article “Millennialism and Violence: The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al-Din Shah of Iran by the Babis in ”[5] He is an editor of Baháʼí Studies Review and serves as a faculty member at the Bahá'í Wilmette Institute.[6]

          He was born , in Tabriz, Iran, but the family migrated to England in where he was educated at Qu