Asghar Schirazi, ‘Criticism from Outside’ Chapter 16, in The Constitution of Iran, I.B.Tauris, London, New York, 1997: 277-287 There is also a category of criticism which comes from Islamic reformers who, depending on tactical or other considerations, distance themselves more or less openly from the concept of velayat-efaqib. When the author of the lead article […]
One of the monthly journals, the first article of whose unwritten constitution is “distortion of facts and sanctification of violence”, has quoted me as saying that “The lack of commitment to secularism in the Iranian society has resulted in its demise and instability”. Although I am aware of my legal right to publish my denial […]
The following article by Mehrzad Boroujerdi is part of his book, Iranian Intellectuals and the West: The Tormented Triumph of Nativism (for more on the book see http://web.syr.edu/~mborouje/ ). Address comments to the author at Department of Political Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, or via electronic mail at mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu And what work […]
From A questioning approach to Islam puts maverick professor in limelight by Kathy Evans of The Guardian, a London daily. Evans “speaks to a man whose controversial ideas on his faith have won him supporters and made him enemies.” Abdolkarim Soroush probably wouldn’t attract a second glance on the underground. He is balding, bearded and […]
Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) – Iran Quarterly Report – 24 June 1996 . . . Willing to accomodate women, the establishment has been having problems dealing with a leading religious reformer, Abdol-karim Soroush. The government is alleged to be involved in violent efforts to shut up Soroush by giving support to a new […]
The Guardian – Friday 7 June 1996 As the gulf widens in Iran between hardline clergy and reformist thinkers both in and outside the clerical establishment, a professor at Tehran University has become the focus of conflict. Lectures by Abdolkarim Sorush have been repeatedly stopped or disrupted by militants, apparently with the tacit support of […]
The Guardian – Thursday 6 June 1996 Kathy Evans speaks to a man whose controversial ideas on his faith have won him supporters and made him enemies ABDOLKARIM Sorush probably wouldn’t attract a second glance on the underground. He is balding, bearded and bespectacled, and looks an unlikely candidate for the job of visionary. But […]
Q-News International (British Muslim weekly), No 220-221, 14-27 June 1996 In his native Iran, Abdolkarim Soroush, has had to contend with physical assaults and death threats. Here, on a lecture tour, his most serious obstacle has been the high pollen count. Feted and slated for his radical views, Dr Sorush has set the academic world […]
One would have expected that Islamic scholars would have support from an Islamic government. However, this is not the case, not for Dr Hosein Dabbagh more popularly known as Abdolkarim Soroush, who has, for the past two years, been prevented from delivering lectures even at his own university. He has been physically assaulted many times. […]
Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) – Editorial 24 May 1996 Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization established in 1978 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and among the signatories of the Helsinki accords. It is supported by contributions from private individuals […]
