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[[File:محمد مهدی شمس الدین.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din]] | [[File:محمد مهدی شمس الدین.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din]] | ||
''' | '''Muḥammad Maḥdī Shams al-Dīn''' (Arabic:محمد مهدی شمس الدین) (b.[[Najaf]] 1936 – d. Beirut 2001) was a religious scholar, political theoretician and the chairman of the [[Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council in Lebanon]]. He began his scientific and political activities in Najaf under [[Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim]] and [[Ayatullah Khu'i]]. The cooperation with [[Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr]] and [[Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allah]] in founding [[Hizb al-Da'wa]] and the [[al-Adwa' al-Islamiyya|al-Adwa' magazine]] was among his most important political activities. In 1975, Shams al-Din accepted the deputyship of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council whose director was [[Imam Musa al-Sadr]]. After Imam Musa al-Sadr disappeared in 1978, Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din accepted the chairman position of this Council and in 1993, he was officially elected as the director of the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council in Lebanon. | ||
After the [[Islamic revolution of Iran|Islamic revolution]] was successful in [[Iran]], although he supported it, but he insisted on the identity independence of the Shi'a in [[Lebanon]]. | After the [[Islamic revolution of Iran|Islamic revolution]] was successful in [[Iran]], although he supported it, but he insisted on the identity independence of the Shi'a in [[Lebanon]]. |