Archive for December, 2004

The “Islamic” in Islamic Education: Assessing the Discourse

By • Dec 14th, 2004 • Category: Works On Soroush

Islam and Democracy

By • Dec 2nd, 2004 • Category: Works By Soroush

Abstract of Dr. Soroush’s Speech in the’ Islam and Democracy’ conference in Mashhad We better make at the outset a preliminary distinction between Political (otherwise called Minimal, Procedural or Formal) democracy and the Liberal democracy. Whereas the former is less problematic in terms of compatibility with Islam the latter creates all sorts of problems and questions. […]


Contentious Public Religion: Two Conceptions of Islam in Revolutionary Iran

By • Dec 1st, 2004 • Category: Works On Soroush

 Ali Shariati and Abdolkarim Soroush Two Conceptions of Islam in Revolutionary Iran “Ali Shari`ati and Abdolkarim Soroush” is an article published in International Sociology Vol. 19 No. 4 (pp. 504-523) by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi. In this article he tries to makes a comparison between Ali Shari`ati and Abdolkarim Soroush before and after the Iranian revolution of […]


Peace with Islam

By • Dec 1st, 2004 • Category: Works On Soroush

Peace with Islam

By • Dec 1st, 2004 • Category: Works Cites Soroush

Floy E. Doull ( fdoull@cablerocket.com ) “Peace with Islam” Animus (December 2004) – Memorial University   Introduction Two dominant and conflicting theses concerning world order have emerged since the end of the Cold War. They have found expression most directly and perhaps naively in the writings of two American political thinkers, Francis Fukuyama and Samuel […]