In A Soroush, Seratha-yi Mostaqim, (1377/1998) Tehran: Serat, pp137-196 Q. Since you put forward the theory of religious pluralism, there’s been much debate on the subject and various people have commented on it. But understanding the theory of pluralism must surely take precedence over criticising and judging it. A brief look at the debates suggests […]
From Foreign Affairs, September/October 2000 By L. Carl Brown Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam. Abdolkarim Soroush, translated and edited by Mahmoud Aadri and Ahmad Sadri. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 236 pp. $29.95. In 1979, Soroush became the youngest member appointed to Iran’s post-revolution committee to purge and “Islamicize” Iran’s universities. By the […]
An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush About the Expansion of Prophetic Experience ** This interview took place on 10 August 2000 and was published in the (now-banned) journal Aftab, No. 15, April-May 2002. In an article entitled ‘The Expansion of Prophetic Experience’, Abdulkarim Soroush suggested, among other things, that, as the Prophet’s experience grew over time, […]
The following news items are in reverse chronological order (latest first). Kadivar, Soroush Prevented From Giving Speeches Iran-daily Aug. 26 KHORRAMABAD,Lorestan, Aug. 25–Khorramabad’s Governorate issued a communique on Thursday regretting disturbances that led to the cancellation of speeches by prominent political activists, Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar. Soroush and Kadivar were scheduled to speak […]
Hamid Dabashi AT the writing of this essay, Iranians were poised to cast their fateful vote in the sixth round of parliamentary elections after the success of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The election of the Sixth Majles was a momentous occasion for a nation much maligned in its modern history by a debilitating combination […]
By: Forough Jahanbaksh Abdolkarim Soroush (b.1945) is an Iranian philosopher-thinker whose innovative ideas on religious reform are sure to win him a place among the most prominent Muslim reformers of this century. A graduate of Tehran University in pharmacology, Soroush undertook postgraduate studies in history and the philosophy of science at the University of London […]
Kiyan, No. 50 Identical words often misinform Believer and unbeliever seem identical in form Take words alone and many a feud follows Once meaning enters, calm follows Errors of judgement often arise from the fact that a single term can carry multiple meanings or a single meaning can go under different names. Reaching uniform […]
Speech before the Los Angeles World Affairs Council on February 15, 2000 Robin Wright Los Angeles Times Correspondent and Author, The Last Great Revolution “Turmoil and Transformation in Iran” Thank you very much. There’s a special irony in that here I am, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, and I’ve been to the city four […]
THE LAST GREAT REVOLUTION Turmoil and Transformation in Iran By: Robin Wright These are exciting times in Iran. As the revolution enters its fourth decade, the Islamic regime is under attack from without and within. Iran’s youthful population is restive. A reform-minded President Mohammad Khatami is battling to make the system more open and accountable. […]
Magazine: Foreign Affairs Issue: January/February 2000 (volume 79, number 1) Author:Robin Wright PROMISES, PROMISES A generation after it seized power, Iran’s revolutionary regime is deeply troubled: fractured by intense political divisions, endangered by economic disorder, discredited by rampant corruption, and smothered in social restrictions no longer acceptable to large sectors of its changing population. To the […]
