Archive for November, 1997

Struggle to Rescue Islam from Zealots

By • Nov 22nd, 1997 • Category: News

Irish Times November 22, 1997 Michael Jansen talked in Nicosia to an Iranian philosopher who looks beyond the ideology of the Islamic Republic to interpret Islam Abdol Karim Soroush is the most controversial, most innovative Islamic thinker in Iran. Although a quiet, contemplative, London-trained philosopher, bespectacled and bearded, with a soft voice, his words resonate […]


Iranian President Backs Dissident Against Militant Islam

By • Nov 3rd, 1997 • Category: News

The Times – Monday 3 November 1997 From Michael Theodoulou in Nicosia PRISDENT KHATAMI of Iran has won a significant battle against Islamic hardliners by securing an exit visa for the country’s leading intellectual dissident, who advocates less clerical involvement in government. After an intense behind-the-scenes wrangle, Professor Abdolkarim Soroush was allowed at the eleventh […]