A Comparative Study between Abdolkarim Soroush and Mohsen Kadivar. This dissertation describes the nature of what has been called “new theology” in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It argues that…
Abdolkarim Soroush is the penname for Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbᾱgh (1945–). He is one of the most controversial figures in the religious and political polemics of postrevolutionary Iran…
The Iranian philosopher Abd al-Karim Soroush is an important thinker on the topics of religion knowledge and how this relates to reason. His best-known work…
By: Soroush Dabbagh, Noor Cultural Centre 12 December 2014 download
The “search for beauty in Islam” seems to be occupying the attention of schol-ars “within” and “without” this faith.
By: Malu Halasa By translating the work of the Persian scholar Abdolkarim Soroush, the dissident journalist Akbar Ganji and many other censored Iranians, my friend Nilou Mobasser gave voice to a complex culture, particularly in the US, where these authors were published in English for the first time. In 1997, she translated Ghazi Rabihavi’s Look Europe, […]
On 15 March, the Iranian intellectualAbdolkarim Soroush (real name: Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh) delivered the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2012, at the London School of Economics (LSE). Although he has never directly studied under Popper, Soroush memorated that he was studying philosophy of science at Chelsea College (later absorbed into King’s College London) when Popper was teaching at LSE. […]
Abdulkarim Soroush, a religious thinker and a critic of the Iranian state, has written an open letter to the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, advising him to begin accepting criticism so that Iranians can move towards national reconciliation, civic life and modernity. Dr Soroush, who has had to live outside Iran for years and lectures […]
The “Arab Spring” that is blossoming in the Middle East might have been inspired by the Iranian uprising of 2009, but Iranians have not been able to emulate the Arab model. The Iranian religious autocracy possesses both the means and the will to mow down potential crowds of protesters to protect itself. As a result […]
