Riyadh Al-Hakim

Ayatollah Sayyid Riyadh al-Tabatabaei al-Hakim (رياض الطباطبائي الحكيم; born January 18, 1959) is the eldest son of grand Ayatollah, Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim. He is a notable teacher at the Islamic seminary of Qom.

Early life and education
Al-Hakim was born in 1958 in the city of Najaf. He pursued both religious studies, and academic studies. He gained a master's degree from University of Lahore, as well as a doctorate from Al-Mustafa International University.

He is a professor in Jurisprudence and Quran interpretation, a doctorate supervisor. He is a member of the curriculums reviewing committee at the religious seminary in Qom.

Works
He has many books in Jurisprudence and the principles of Jurisprudence and Quran sciences and other fields.

He was arrested during Saddam's regime for more than eight years, he has written memorandums about the duration of arresting, he is a representative of his father, out of Iraq and supervises several offices of jurisprudence in several Asian and African countries.

Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation
He is the founder and supervisor of Kalima Center for Dialogue and Cooperation, he has participated in many social and cultural conferences and symposiums in many European, Asian countries and Australia.

He arranged and participated in many conferences and he receives ongoing delegations of researchers and investigators who are visiting Holy Najaf, he contributes to many cultural projects that prove humanitarian coexistence concept and culture exchanging.