by: Arash Aramesh In an attempt to place maximum pressure on leaders of the opposition, Iran’s security and intelligence agencies are arresting and harassing their children and close relatives. De-facto leaders of the opposition, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, are under house arrest and their families are under constant harassment by the government. According […]
News sources are reporting that security forces have recently raided the Serat Institute, the publishing house that publishes Dr Abdulkarim Soroush ‘s works, and its affiliated research institute. The security forces seized documents and subjected the students who were at the institute to many hours of detention, pressure and questioning. According to Green Movement […]
“There is no God, I swear to God there is no God…” These were words that Hamed spoke in a pained voice, which brought tears to my eyes. After fleeing Iran with a battered body and a shattered mind and seeking refuge elsewhere, he was pouring out his anger and pain to me over the […]
Iranian Student Alliance in America Shi’ism in Need of Reform: A Talk by Dr.Abdolkarim Soroush Lecture | January 20 | 6:30-9 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Tilden Room Speaker/Performer: Abdolkarim Soroush Sponsors: Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA, Religion, Politics, and Globalization Program (RPGP),Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA proudly presents: Abdolkarim Soroush […]
Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush’s Lecture at UC Berkeley on January 20, 2011. There was an introduction by Dr. Mahmoud Sadri. The talk was organized by Iranian Student Alliance in America-ISAA. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush, one of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars, will give a presentation entitled “Reforming Islamic Societies: Prospects and Pitfalls” at the College of Arts and Sciences Public Affairs Forum, also sponsored by TWU’s Global Connections Initiative. Named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2005, Dr. […]
By Bj Lewis Islam is ripe for reform, a renowned Islamic scholar said Tuesday at Texas Woman’s University, but the impetus must be theological, not legal, and that poses many problems in the politically divided world in which potential reformers must operate. Islamic scholar Abdulkarim Soroush spoke on “Reforming Islamic Societies: Problems and Prospects” to […]
Thoughts on The Eternal and Contextual In the Quranic Message
First. Iran’s current rulers are suspicious of the human sciences for a single reason: these sciences are secular. The theocrats expect the human sciences to use concepts such as God’s will, spirit and other intra-religious teachings in their explanations about human beings and societies, and since the human sciences do not comply with these expectations, […]
