Afghan Biographies

Mohsini, Sheikh Muhammad Asif


Name Mohsini, Sheikh Muhammad Asif
Ethnic backgr. Hazara
Date of birth 1935
Function/Grade Harakat-i-Islami former head and founder of
History and Biodata

3. Biodata
Asif Mohseni Muhseni Muhsini was born 1935 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He is the former head and founder of Harakat-i-Islami (Islamic Movement of Afghanistan). He stepped down as head of the party in February 2005. The Islamic Movement of Afghanistan was one of the resistance groups opposing the Soviets and their client regimes in Afghanistan from 1978 to 1992.
 

Afghanistan’s top cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad Asif Mohseni passed away due to an illness in Kabul, his family confirmed on Monday, Aug 5, 2019. He  was widely considered to be the most powerful cleric among the Shias in Afghanistan. Mohseni who was the founder of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan was one of the prominent figures in the Afghan resistance against the Soviet occupation. After the establishment of a new democratic system in Afghanistan, Mohseni left active politics and instead continued teaching Jurisprudence at Khatam Al-Nabieen religious seminary, founded in 2001. Mohseni pursued studies in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Khoei, Muhsin al-Hakim and Abdul ala Sabzwari.

Tamadun TV was founded in 2006 by Ayatullah Asif Mohseni, a key Shia leader in the country who died in 2019. The network is now run by Jawad Mohseni. It airs programs in Farsi and Pashto. One employee, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter, said that a group of Taliban members entered the compound at around 4:30 pm on Tuesday February 14, 2023, and searched all departments.
 

 

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