Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush By: Nooshabeh Amiri for Roozonline.com This time, we spoke to Dr Abdulkarim Soroush about the separation of religion and the state, the disputes between the secularists and the religious modernizers, and the Green Movement’s prospects. Dr Soroush said that “with the political secularism of a non-theocratic state, pious individuals, too, will […]
Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush By Mojgan Modarres-Olum for Rahesabz.org Q. Over the past five decades, all the broad political movements in Iran have been religious in nature. It seems that the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s movement, which is seen as a turning point among these political-religious movements, transformed the conditions of political struggle in Iran and […]
Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush By: Farzaneh Bazrpour for Roozonline.com We asked Dr Abdulkarim Soroush about Iran’s current developments, the statement issued by the group of five, and the amalgamation of religion and politics. Dr Soroush stressed that a referendum must take place in Iran and that the ruling cleric’s position and powers must be questioned. […]
When you don’t lose yourself, the beloved is like a thorn When you lose yourself, the beloved is the purest gold When you don’t lose yourself, a fly can fell you When you lose yourself, elephants fall before you When you don’t lose yourself, you’re a cloud of grief When you lose yourself, […]
Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush Eine pluralistische Bewegung wie die iranische brauche ein gemeinsames Programm, meint der Religionsphilosoph Abdolkarim Soroush, der schon dabei war, als der Schah gestürzt wurde Fünf führende Köpfe der iranischen Reform- und Protestbewegung haben ein Manifest formuliert (siehe Dokumentation), in dem sie unter anderem den Rücktritt von Präsident Ahmadinedschad und das Ende […]
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei faces a growing barrage of opposition. Now prominent intellectuals are adding their voices to the fray BACK in the late 1970s, as Iran approached revolution and Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi oscillated between conciliation and brutal repression, the more daring of his subjects peppered him with criticism and advice. The open letters he […]
Groups protesting against the current regime reveal what they want a new Iranian government to look like Iran’s so-called green movement is not yet a counterrevolution, but recent developments make clear it is heading in that direction. Seven months after the uprising began, an opposition manifesto is finally taking shape, and its sweeping demands would […]
new manifesto outlines the aims of Iran’s Green Movement, including a free press and the resignation of President Ahmadinejad. Five major figures in Iran’s reform movement issued a manifesto (reproduced below) Sunday, Jan. 3, calling for the resignation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the abolition of clerical control of the voting system and candidate selection. Journalist […]
Risking expulsion and possible arrest, 88 professors at Tehran University signed a letter on Monday calling on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme religious leader, to end the use of violence against protesters, saying it was a sign of the government’s weakness. “Nighttime attacks on defenseless student dormitories and daytime assaults on students at university […]
Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush By: Farid Adib-Hashemi Q. Let’s begin by referring to the fact that you’ve been selected as one of the 100 most influential thinkers by the journal Foreign Policy, which is published in the United States. You, Dr Zahra Rahnavard and Mrs Shirin Ebadi were the three Iranians among the top 100 […]
