Mahmoud Sadri is an Iranian-American sociologist. He is the twin brother of Ahmad Sadri. He graduated with his master's degree in

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as well as a

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qualification from the

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in 1976 and 1974 respectively. He then earned his Ph.D. from

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University,

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in 1988. Mahmoud Sadri is a full professor of

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at the Federation of

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Area Universities that includes Texas Woman's University, University of

, and A&M University, Commerce. Before joining the Federation of

Area Universities, he lectured at

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.His major interests include Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Culture, and Theoretical Sociology.Dr. Mahmoud Sadri to Speak at Wagner's 1st Faith & Life Lecture , News
/ref> His other interests include reform Islam and Interfaith Dialogue. He has a (still developing) website that contains most of his Persian and some of his English works. The address is: drmahmoudsadri.com. Dr. Sadri regularly contributes to popular journals and newspapers in

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, and grants interviews to radio and television programs such as

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, and

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. Also, he writes op. ed pieces for '' Daily Star'', ''

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'', UK. ''

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'', Fort Worth

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, ''

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'', and ''

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'' have carried interviews, profiles, and quotations from him in the recent years.

Books and publications

* Sadri, Ahmad and Mahmoud Sadri. 1998. "Intercultural Understanding: Max Weber and Leo Strauss". pps. 507-528 in Richard Altschuler (ed.). ''The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber''. New York: Gordian Knot Books. * Good News About Modernity: Selective Saliency of Ascribed and Achieved Status in Durkheim's ''Division of Labour in Society'': ''The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim and Weber'', Volume II: Application and Analyses of Classical Theory by Mpdrn Scientists, 2000 (Contributing Author) * Mobasher, Mohsen and Mahmoud Sadri. (eds.) 2003. ''Migration Dynamics: A Theoretical and Substantive Reader''. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. * * Annotated translation of Introduction to Mohammad Hossein Naini's ''Exhortation of the Faithful and Purification of the Nation'': Modernist Islam,

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, New York. * * ''Premonitions of

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, Journal inter-religious Insight'', 2006 * Contributor on Hojjatie Society,

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, and

Mahmoud Halabi Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Given name Mahmood *Mahmood Ali (1928� ...

in the ''

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'' (2005, 2006) * *

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External links

* Personal Website: http://www.drmahmoudsadri.com Dr Mahmoud Sadri – mahmoud sadri website
Mahmoud Sadri's List of Books
Amazon
Archives: Mahmoud Sadri

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Mahmoud Sadri's Publications, Bahai Library

Books and publications

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