Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush’s essay titled ‘Treatise on Tolerance’ is published in the 2004 Praemium Erasmianum Foundation publication. This essay is Translated from the Persian by Nilou Mobasser. You may order the booklet from the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, and it will be sent to you free of charge. Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Jan van Goyenkade 5 NL […]
It is my duty to extend my gratitude to Erasmus Prize Foundation who extended to me this honor. As the saying in Arabic goes: “he who does not thank the creature will not thank the creator”, therefore I am thankful to both, the God and the servants of God. Erasmus Foundation awarded me not only a […]
In the Name of God the Compassionate the Merciful Ladies and Gentlemen, Esteemed guests, Fellow scholars, It is with deepest regret that I have had to forfeit the opportunity to be in your company this evening. Were it not for unforeseen but unavoidable medical exigency, I had all intentions to be there with you. Yet, […]
Published under the title “Mahdaviyat va Ehya-ye Din” in the now-banned journal Aftab, No. 12, Jan-Feb 2002. 1. The concept of the saviour [mahdaviyat] is a subject about which our religious community can reflect at length. The idea is woven into the warp and woof of our people’s religious lives; whether today, when we […]
Keynote Address by Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush: “Reason &Freedom in Islamic Thought” at The CSID 2nd Annual Conference The following are excerpts from the Keynote Address given by Dr. Abdolkarim Sosroush, at the CSID Second Annual Conference, held on April 7, 2001, at Georgetown University. The speaker was introduced by Professor Charles E. Butterworth, Program Committee […]
Reason defines truth, justice, public interest, and humanity From chapter entitled “The Idea of Democratic Religious Government” in Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush (Oxford University Press, 2000), edited by Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri. Also see editors’ introduction. Modern science explains the world as if it were not created […]
A summary of remarks by Abdolkarim Soroush and Charles Butterworth at The Middle East Institute, November 21, 2000 On November 21, MEI gathered two scholars, the Iranian thinker Abdolkarim Soroush, visiting professor at Harvard University, and Charles Butterworth, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, for a discussion on “Islamic Democracy and Islamic […]
Kiyan, No. 50 Identical words often misinform Believer and unbeliever seem identical in form Take words alone and many a feud follows Once meaning enters, calm follows Errors of judgement often arise from the fact that a single term can carry multiple meanings or a single meaning can go under different names. Reaching uniform […]
Payvand’s Iran News …1/4/01 Scientific Development, Political Development Abdolkarim Soroush, the text of his speech in the seminar on ‘Tradition and Modernism’ held in Beheshti University, May, 1999. Kian Monthly Review, Vol. 10, No 54, Oct-Nov 2000 The subject of my discussion is a simple point that I don’t think anybody would be totally ignorant […]
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 […]
