seyed mostafa azmayesh is a french-iranian jurist scholar and researcher, with over 40 years of experience as a quran expert, and is known for his research in the field of gnosticism, islam and christianity. as a human rights activist, his most notable efforts have been towards the push for reform within fundamentalist regimes, such as iran, and the reform of social or legal practices that are in violation of human rights principles and freedom of the people. as an academic, he teaches the spiritual path of substantial evolution of an individual based on love, altruism, and spiritual chivalry.