AbdolKarim Soroush :: عبدالكريم سروش

Religion and Modernity, Dar al Hikkmah, London  

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Copyright Middle East Institute Summer 2001 Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush, by Abdolkarim Soroush. Translated, edited, and with a critical introduction by Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 225 pages. Bibl. to 229. Index to 236. Over the last two decades, Abdolkarim Soroush has […]

Fred Dallmayr   (CSID 2001 Proceedingds) University of Notre Dame Fred.R.Dallmayr.1@nd.edu Islam demands loyalty to God, not to thrones. (Mohammad Iqbal) In his Political and Social Essays, Paul Ricoeur addresses forthrightly the situation of the religious believer in the modern world, especially in modern secular society. Quoting from scripture (Matthew 5, 13), he insists that believers […]

Keynote Address by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush: “Reason &Freedom in Islamic Thought” at The CSID 2nd Annual Conference The following are excerpts from the Keynote Address given by Dr. Abdolkarim Sosroush, at the CSID Second Annual Conference, held on April 7, 2001, at Georgetown University. The speaker was introduced by Professor Charles E. Butterworth, Program Committee […]

An interview with Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush Source: Jameh Madani (Abridged) 3/7/01 Q: Please tell us about the American intellectual and cultural air in relation to the new transformations and problems taking place in Iran and what is Americans’ reaction to these transformations. A: This is a very vast question and not all its different aspects […]

Reason defines truth, justice, public interest, and humanity From chapter entitled “The Idea of Democratic Religious Government” in Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush (Oxford University Press, 2000), edited by Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri. Also see editors’ introduction. Modern science explains the world as if it were not created […]

Over the last few years, the press has become the main battlefield for political struggle in Iran, and journalists along with press freedom have become the main victims. During the course of 2001, Iran became the country with the largest number of imprisoned journalists in the world, with a high of 27 incarcerated media workers. […]