Bonyan; Persian Morning Daily Saturday, February 26, 2002, Vol. 1, No 4 Summary: Ehsan Naraqi, the advisor to the former UNESCO director-general Federico Mayor, believes that although Iran has ranked second among the Muslim nations in terms of publication, it has hit the bottom of the list in terms of international recognition. It has led […]
Published under the title “Mahdaviyat va Ehya-ye Din” in the now-banned journal Aftab, No. 12, Jan-Feb 2002. 1. The concept of the saviour [mahdaviyat] is a subject about which our religious community can reflect at length. The idea is woven into the warp and woof of our people’s religious lives; whether today, when we […]
Menggugat Otoritas Tradisi Agama Penulis: Abdul Karim Soroush Tahun 2002, 395 halaman, Softcover Harga Rp 39800,00 ISBN: 979-433-309-3 Setiap zaman tampaknya menghendaki lahirnya pembaru yang khas sesuai dengan tantangan dan semangat zamannya. Jika abad klasik Islam melahirkan figur-figur semacam Al-Ghazali dan Rumi, abad modern Islam melahirkan figur-figur semacam Iqbal dan Khomeini, maka akhir abad ke-20 […]
Dr. Abdul-Karim Soroush, the pre-eminent Iranian political thinker, philosopher, and religious modernist, engaged interested students and faculty in two soirées, held October 16 and November 9, 2001, on the Shi‘ite concept of tajarri’, false obedience, or what happens when one is intent on breaking the law but obeys instead, as would occur e.g. when one […]
