A Debate between Soroush and Kadivar (Monazereyeh Soroush va Kadivar darbareyeh pluralismeh deenee) Tehran: Salam Publications, 1st publication 1999, 5th publication 2000 Dr Abdolkarim Soroush stood for religious pluralism in a paper called Straight Paths (Serathayeh mostaqim), Kian Monthly (banned in 2000). Under the unhealthy climate in which politics is developing, critiques on this paper […]
What follows is a letter written by Abdolkarim Soroush to President Seyed Mohammad Khatamti, in which he complains about what he describes as lack of freedom in the Iranian press and mismanagement in the country. Introduction: I sent this letter to the estimable and beloved President Seyed Mohammad Khatami when my friends were sill kept […]
Abdolkarim Soroush and Islamic liberation theology Oct 26, 1998 The Iranian Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri ‘s introduction to a volume of articles by Abdolkarim Soroush — Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam — published by Oxford University Press. Also see chapter entitled “The Idea of Democratic Religious Government”. I. The Local Context – The […]
An Interview With Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush, Philosopher, Scholar) Jameah (Morning Daily) June 16, 17, 1998 Pages: 12 & 12 Word Count: 4376 Summary: The name of Abdolkarim Soroush began to spread for the first time among the members of the Islamic societies abroad and at major universities in the country because of his philosophical criticisms […]
Published in June 1998 in the popular Tehrandaily, Jameah and newly published book Siyasat-Namah, 1999 Jameah : In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Dr Soroush! People have many questions about you and your ideas. The first question has to do with your religious opponents. I want to try to raise this […]
April 1998, Pages 34, 92, 123 Special Report “Political Islam and the West” Conference in Cyprus Attracts 600 Participants By Dr. Farid Mirbagheri A conference on “Political Islam and the West” attracted some 600 participants in Cyprus Oct. 30 and 31. More than 30 speakers delivered their papers in eight tightly-arranged sessions at the Nicosia […]
Author: John O. Voll From Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, ed. Robert Wuthnow. 2 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1998), 383-393. Beginning as the faith of a small community of believers in Arabia in the seventh century, Islam rapidly became one of the major world religions. The core of this faith is the belief […]
PARVIZ MOREWEDGE OLIVER LEAMAN There are a number of major trends in modern Islamic philosophy. First, there is the challenge of the West to traditional Islamic philosophical and cultural principles and the desire to establish a form of thought which is distinctive. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, Islamic philosophers have attempted to redefine Islamic philosophy; […]
9 December 1997 TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) – Iranian philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush is testing the limits of freedom of expression in the Islamic republic by declaring that no one, including the ruling Muslim clergy, should be above criticism or the law. Soroush, 46, has been fired from his job, banned from lecturing and beaten up by […]
Irish Times November 22, 1997 Michael Jansen talked in Nicosia to an Iranian philosopher who looks beyond the ideology of the Islamic Republic to interpret Islam Abdol Karim Soroush is the most controversial, most innovative Islamic thinker in Iran. Although a quiet, contemplative, London-trained philosopher, bespectacled and bearded, with a soft voice, his words resonate […]
