AbdolKarim Soroush :: عبدالكريم سروش

International Journal of Middle East Studies (2004), 36:333-334 Cambridge University Press Copyright © 2004 Cambridge University Press DOI 10.1017/S0020743804562062 ASHK DAHLEN, Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law: The Sorushian Paradigm in Shi‘i Epistemology, Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 5 (Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2001). Pp. 384. Ashk Dahlen’s erudite dissertation sets up the comparative legal philosophies of […]

By Abdou Filali-Ansary (THE DAILY STAR – REGIONAL) Friday, July 30, 2004 The “clash of civilizations” supposedly under way between the West and the Muslim world, which many see as manifested in Iraq, as well as in Saudi Arabia’s growing violence, in fact masks other conflicts – disputes that will probably prove to be far […]

[STS] Ideas of new Muslim reformers taking root Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004, 08:02 am The Straits Times, Singapore 21 July 2004 Ideas of new Muslim reformers taking root By Abdou Filali-Ansary THE ‘clash of civilisations’ supposedly under way between the West and the Muslim world, which many see as manifested in Iraq as […]

Please post this on Dr. Soroush’s Website I am a fan of Dr. Soroush and I am writing this email to warn Dr. Soroush’s viewers on a miss-leading text floating around. I have read it; it looks like a paid article from a cheep junk writer. This rubbish is probably cooked by a certain Gary Legenhausen (an […]

July 2, 2004 After years outside the country, Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush finally decided to moved to Tehran to resume his work in The Institute for Wisdom and Research, Academy for Philosophy, and on the Great Encyclopedia of Islam.

May 28, 2004  CSID’s presentation of the “Muslim Democrat of the Year Award” to Professor Abdolkarim Soroush represented the third highlight of the banquet. Dr. Hossein Kamali accepted the award on behalf of Professor Soroush, and read a statement on his behalf.  In his statement, the noted Iranian scholar and activist said:  “Justice constitutes the […]

In the Name of God the Compassionate the Merciful Ladies and Gentlemen, Esteemed guests, Fellow scholars,  It is with deepest regret that I have had to forfeit the opportunity to be in your company this evening. Were it not for unforeseen but unavoidable medical exigency, I had all intentions to be there with you. Yet, […]

The reformist thinker and philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush is one of a new generation of theologians that openly speaks out in favor of human rights and secularism in Iran. Katajun Amirpur about an awkward Iranian intellectual. Most people consider the Islamic Republic of Iran to be a fundamentalist theocracy that fosters a radical interpretation of Islam. […]

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 29 April – 5 May 2004 – Issue No. 688 (Interview) Francis Fukuyama, of “End of History” renown, speaks to Ezzat Ibrahim, in Washington, of his views on the Bush administration’s Middle East policy and the American tendency to confuse universalism with self-interest You support the “preventive […]