Reza Hosseini Nassab

Who is Reza Hosseini Nassab?

Grand Ayatollah Seyed Reza Hosseini Nassab is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja, currently residing in Canada. He was the President and Imam of the Islamic Centre in Hamburg, Germany, and since 2003 he has served as the President of Shia Islam Federation “Ahlul Bayt Assembly of Canada".

Hosseini Nassab was born in Yazd, Iran and studied at the Islamic seminary in Qom. He then went to Canada, where he founded Islamic Ahlul Bayt Assembly of Canada in Toronto, Valie Asr Islamic Center in Toronto, and Ahlul Bayt Center in Ottawa. He chaired the Islamic Centre in Hamburg and founded the Cultural Islamic Center in Berlin. In September 2003, he resigned as head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg. He then returned to Canada to found Imam Mahdi Islamic School in Windsor, and Imam Mahdi Islamic Center in Toronto, Ontario.