Iranian Labour News Agency 27 October 2006 Dr Abdulkarim Soroush, presenting a brief review of the record of religious intellectuals in Iran, has said: From the early days of the revolution, the call for a dynamic fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] was raised in Iran. Although the call did not have a very strong theoretical foundation, it […]
Iranian Students News Agency 9 October 2006 Addressing a students gathering organized by Sharif University’s students union, Abdulkarim Soroush said: ‘The Koran brings you the message of fear; Mowlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi brings you the message of love; and I bring you the message of courage, in the sense that you should have the courage to […]
Report written by Masoud Behnoud for the BBC’s Persian Service Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush, in his most recent speech in London entitled “The Ideal Islamic State”, has spoken about the inability of fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] to deal with many of the concerns of modern-day society, as well as about the challenges faced by Muslim immigrants in non-Islamic […]
Date: September 22, 2005 By: Shaul Bakhash The Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji was arrested in Tehran in April 2000 and, after a series of trials, was sentenced to six years in prison for his political writings, for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic, and for collecting confidential information harmful to national security. By now […]
Daily Times – Site Edition (Sunday, April 24, 2005) Asma Barlas Abdolkarim Soroush rescues Islam from Muslim interpretations and practice of it by arguing that the “last religion is already here but the last understanding of religion has not yet arrived.” Indeed, he distinguishes “between religion and our knowledge of religion” In a previous article […]
Time Magazine (April 2005) The TIME 100 is TIME’s list of the men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world, with TIME archive dating back to 1923. Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush was chosen as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005 in the world. Scott MacLeod has introduced Dr. […]
QOM, Sept. 24 (Iran Daily) Muslim philosopher and university professor, Abdolkarim Soroush, was attacked by unknown assailants late Thursday while he was leaving the house of a well-known cleric in the city of Qom. According to IRNA, around 100 protestors had gathered around the house of Hojjatoleslam Shobeiri (the grandson of Ayatollah Shobeiri) where Soroush […]
Please post this on Dr. Soroush’s Website I am a fan of Dr. Soroush and I am writing this email to warn Dr. Soroush’s viewers on a miss-leading text floating around. I have read it; it looks like a paid article from a cheep junk writer. This rubbish is probably cooked by a certain Gary Legenhausen (an […]
July 2, 2004 After years outside the country, Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush finally decided to moved to Tehran to resume his work in The Institute for Wisdom and Research, Academy for Philosophy, and on the Great Encyclopedia of Islam.
