An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush By Ali Asghar Seyyedabadi Although, on the last occasion he delivered a talk in Iran, Abdulkarim Soroush spoke at Abdollah Nuri’s house about the work of religious intellectuals and defended their record, we chose to focus on a different subject in this interview, a subject that Dr Soroush has addressed […]
The annual CSD Encounter at the University of Westminster brings together scholars and members of the public to examine in detail the work of a leading contemporary thinker, in his or her presence. The one-day CSD Encounter includes workshops (by invitation only), followed by an evening public lecture. Previous guest scholars at CSD have included […]
Three-Day workshop organised by the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster The recent string of electoral successes by Islamist parties in a number of Arab countries, of which the recent victory by Hamas in Palestine is the most dramatic, seems to indicate that this phenomenon is far from transient. It is a […]
CSD Interview John Keane interviewed Abdolkarim Soroush in November 2006 John Keane: You said recently that the topic of justice (adalat) is back on the political agenda in your country. You contrasted the ‘era of the slogan of freedom’ under President Khatami with the emergent ‘era of the slogan of justice’ championed by Mr Ahmadinejad. […]
