Abdul Amir Qabalan, Deputy President
of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council

Place and Date of Birth: Born in Meis Al Jabal, South Lebanon, in 1936. Son of Shiite Religious Authority Sheikh Mohammad Ali Qabalan

Education: Commenced his studies of Islamic Law and Theology in Najaf, Iraq, at the age of 16. Studied at the hands of great Islamic scholars like Imam Mohsen Al Hakim, and renown religious authorities like Abu Al Qassem Al Khoei and Ayatullah Mohammad Taqi Al Jawahri, and earned high religious certifications.

Career: In 1957, Qabalan was appointed director of religious affairs in the town of Graf near Nasiriyyah, Iraq, where he taught Islamic theology. Qabaln then returned to Lebanon in 1963, and became Imam of Burj Al Barajinah Mosque . In 1970, he became president of the Jaafrite Jurisdiction in Lebanon. In 1994, he became first vice president of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, then headed by the late Imam Mohammad Mahdi Shamseddine.

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