Abdulkarim Soroush

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“Shame and Responsibility“ , Duisburg 3/5/2013 (PDF file)♣

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“ Shame and Responsibility“ , Duisburg 3/5/2013 (mp3 file)♣

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“ Quran , Philosophy and Law “ , University of Notre Dame-April 2013♣

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Religion of war , Religion of peace ♣

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Muslims for Peace -- Kelly James Clark ♣

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Done and Undone in Islamic reform --A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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Rivival and reform achievements and challenges --A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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A Special Program (in Farsi) with Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush & Mr. Abdolali Bazargan to Support Victims of Domestic Violence in Iran

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Islamic Reform: Iranian Style  -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush

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Nilou Mobasser obituary  -- Malu Halasa  

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Critical Rationalism -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush 

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Abdolkarim Soroush: Critical Rationalism and Religious and Political Reform in Iran 

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Critical Rationalism and Religious and Political Reform in Iran  -- 2012 Popper Memorial Lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush  

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You Have Turned Iran into a Grim Land -- A letter from Soroush to Khamenei  

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Soroush to Khamenei: You Must Accept Criticism so that We can Move owards National Reconciliation

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Islam: Reform and Revival

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The Crust and the Core of Rule by the People -- Abdulkarim Soroush

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Shi'i Contributions to the Disciplines of Fiqh and Kalam -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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Secularism and The World of Islam -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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Thoughts on The Eternal and ContextualIn the Quranic Message -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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Rumi, The Prophet of Love -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush (audio file)

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Rumi, The Prophet of Love -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush

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The Iranian Autumn of Discontent with Religion -- Ahmad Sadri

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There is no God, I swear to God there is no God --  Abdulkarim Soroush

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Iran Targets Relatives of Opposition Leaders 

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Iranian Security Forces Target Dr Soroush's Family and the Serat Institute

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Shi'ism in Need of Reform: A Talk by Dr.Abdolkarim Soroush

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The Rise of Intellectual Reform in the Islamic World (video)

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Foreseeing reform: Speaker hopeful about changes ahead for Islam 

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Reforming Islamic Societies: Problems and Prospects  --A talk by Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Thoughts on The Eternal and Contextual in the Qur'anic Message --A talk by Abdulkarim Soroush

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A Word of Advice to the Advocates of Islamic Human Sciences -- Abdulkarim Soroush

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Allama Iqbal and Abdolkarim Soroush -- Khaled Ahmed  

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A Lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Death of a True Scholar and a Muslim Mensch -- Reuven Firestone  

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Flagging Oratory (and Mind?) -- Abdulkarim Soroush

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Building Bridges Seminar addresses changing patterns in religious authority

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If You Daren’t Speak, Why Don’t You Emigrate? -- Abdulkarim Soroush    

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The Rise of Intellectual Reform in the Islamic World    

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The Current Iranian System Rests on Obedience not Human Rights -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Call to Friendship: Rumi's Perspective -- A lecture by Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Conference on "The Future of Secularism and the Public Role of Religion in Iran"  

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It’s Best Just to Speak of an Unqualified Republic -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush  

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 l'Iran, en quête de justice -- Abdulkarim Soroush  

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We Must have a Referendum in Iran -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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When you don’t lose yourself… When you lose yourself… -- Abdulkarim Soroush  

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The Social Sciences have been Iran’s Most Bloodied Martyr over the past 30 Years -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush  

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We Want A Religious Democracy  

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Vi vil et religiøst demokrati  

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Das ist die wahre Revolution   -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush  

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A supreme leader at bay  

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An opposition manifesto in Iran  

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Abdolkarim Soroush: The goals of Iran's Green Movement  

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Iran Professors Ask for End to Violence  

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The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers

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Abu Zayd and Soroush's lecture in university of Notre Dame

  ► Iran: The Revenge
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Imam Ali Conference at Hartford Seminary

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Religious Tyranny is Crumbling: Rejoice! -- Abdulkarim Soroush 

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Hunger Strike Press Release  

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The New Democrats (An intellectual history of the Green Wave) -- Abbas Milani 

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Some of our Clerics are no Better than the Taliban  -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush  

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A Congregation of Bees, not a Congregation of Parrots -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Iranian scholar opts for Karroubi 

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The Expansion of Prophetic Experience -- A book by Abdulkarim Soroush

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The Islamic Revolution Lacked a Theory-- Serajeddin Mirdamadi

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Boundlessness and Enclosures  --  Abdulkarim Soroush

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Who Wrote the Koran?  --  Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabar  

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The Merciless Blade of Vilification -- Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Milk and Sugar -- On the Pretext of Religious Intellectualism - Abdulkarim Soroush  

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Insurgency of Love -- Abdulkarim Soroush 

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Alas, I’ve Missed the Chance to have Coffee with Popper -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush 

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Fasting and Ramadan In the Poetry of Rumi and Hafiz -- A Series of Three Lectures by Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush

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"Islam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran": Abdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic Reform(A book on Abdulkarim Soroush)

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"Expansion of Prophetic Experience" -- Forthcoming book by Abdulkarim Soroush

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The Top Ten Intellectuals

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I’m a Neo-Mu’tazilite -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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We Should Pursue Shariati’s Path but We Shouldn’t be Mere Followers -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals

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Declaration of human responsibilities key to bridging the religious divide

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The Prospect/FP Global public intellectuals poll—results

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The Top 100 Public Intellectuals

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Iranian lectures on democracy in Middle East -- Sarah Flanagan

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In memoriam of Ahamd Bourghani

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Islam, Revelation and Prophethood -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Muhammad’s Word, Muhammad’s Miracle -- An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Sense and Nonsense -- About the Cultural Revolution Again

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Khatami’s Election Victory was Detrimental to Kiyan --  An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush about the Kiyan Circle

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The Word of Mohammad --  An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Enlightenment and Philosophy in Islam --  An Interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Mysticism in contemporary Islamic political thought: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush.(Essay) -- John von Heyking

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What Religious Intellectualism Isn't -- Abdulkarim Soroush

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Militant Secularism -- Abdulkarim Soroush 

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The Relationship between the Mathnawi and the Qur'an --Abdulkarim Soroush

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The Beauty of Justice --An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Amsterdam Debate --An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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One Cultural Revolution was Enough --An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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Dialogue of Cultures instead of Dialogue of Civilizations

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How the U.S. Ignored Iran's Reformers

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On Reason -- Abdolkarim Soroush

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'Religion of War, Religion of Peace' -- Lecture of Abdolkarim Soroush

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The Muddled Dream of Returning to Tradition -- An interview with Abdulkarim Soroush

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ELECTING  ISLAMISM -- Islamist politics and the prospects for Arab democracy (Workshop organized by University of Westminster)

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Some of our religious intellectuals are still afraid of being called liberal or    secular

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The Right to Criticize Rulers must be Recognized

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CSD ENCOUNTER -- Friday 3rd November 2006 

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Dr. Soroush Criticizes the Pope's Remarks  

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From Islam as an Identity to Secular Politics -- Interview with Dr.Soroush  

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Interview with Dr. Soroush -- Broadcast on Homa TV  

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“Islam versus the West” and the Political Thought of AbdolKarim Soroush  -- Hassan Abbas  

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Whether by the Fire of Freedom or by the Fire of Zeal -- Dr. Soroush

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Never in Iran's History has Philosophy been so Political -- An interview with Soroush

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The Ideal Islamic State: An Unattainable Quest -- Report written by Masoud Behnoud

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Democracy, Justice, Fundamentalism and Religious Intellectualism -- An interview with Soroush

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The Saviour and Religious Revival -- Dr. Soroush

► Dr. Soroush to President: Clarify What You Mean by Justice
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Global intellectual poll results -- David Herman

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Thinking Globally -- Prospect and Foreign Policy's list of the world's top 100 public intellectuals -- David Herman

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Vote for the world's top public intellectual --Prospect newspaper

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Letter from Evin Prison -- Shaul Bakhash

► Hungering for Reform in Iran -- Akbar Ganji Puts His Life on the Line
By: Roya Hakakian
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The Development of Tafsir from Other-Worldly to Worldly Orientation -- Azam Puya

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Beyond Monologue: For a Comparative Political Theory --By Fred Dallmayr

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Reforming religious knowledge -- Asma Barlas (Daily Times)

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Iran between revolution and democracy -- David Hayes

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Religion and Democracy: Iranian Experiense -- Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina, Chair (CSID)

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Abdolkarim Soroush; Iran's Democratic Voice -- Time Magazine

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The Iran Situation -- Ahmad Sadri and Foaad Khosmood

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L'histoire de l'islam, histoire d'une confiscation -- de Rachid Benzine

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The 'Islamic' in Islamic Education: Assessing the Discourse -- Farid Panjwani

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Contentious Public Religion: Two Conceptions of Islam in Revolutionary Iran; Ali Shari`ati and Abdolkarim Soroush -- Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

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Peace with Islam -- Floy E. Doull

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Abstract of Dr. Soroush's Speech in the 'Islam and Democracy' --Conference in Mashhad        

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Rationalist Traditions in Islam -- Soroush in Heidelberg                    

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Modernity and the Making of Muslim Politics -- Robert W. Hefner

► Treatise on Tolerance
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Dr. Soroush Acknowledgement of Erasmus Prize 2004                                 

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Dr. Soroush Receives the Erasmus Prize     

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Muslim Faculty and Students' Letter to Ayatollah Khamenei on Dr. Soroush's Attack in Qom              

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The Search for Human Rights within an Islamic Framework in Iran -- Shadi Mokhtari

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Deciphering Iran: The Political Evolution of the Islamic Republic and U.S. Foreign Policy After September 11 --Bahram Rajaee

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Soroush Was Attached  -- Iran Daily

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Book Review  -- Ahmad Sadri                         

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Beyond the 'clash of civilizations,' shaping reform in Muslim societies --Abdou Filali-Ansary

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Ideas of new Muslim reformers taking root -- Abdou Filali-Ansary

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The Expansion and Contraction of Abdolkarim Soroush -- Dr. M. Shirvani

► Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush Returns to Iran
► Dr. Soroush's “Muslim Democrat of the Year Award” Acceptance Speech
► Abdolkarim Soroush Wins CSID Annual Prize
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Gun Barrel Democracy?   Democratic Constitutionalism Following Military Occupation -- Stanley N. Katz

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For an Open Interpretation of the Koran -- Katajun Amirpur                                   

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Open-ended history - An Interview with: Francis Fukuyama, of "End of History" (Al-Ahram)

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Erasmus Prize 2004: Important Figures from Islamic World Awarded                     

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Mission reforming Islam -- Abid Ullah Jan

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Abdolkarim SoroushWins Erasmus Prize 2004

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America and the "Islamic Revival" -- Natalie Hand

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Naghdi va daramadi bar tazaad-e dialectiki "A Critique and a Prologue to Dialectical Contradiction" -- Book Review by Ali Parsa

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The democrat (The Boston Globe) -- Iran's leading reformist intellectual tries to reconcile religious duties and human rights

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Global Viewpoint -- NPQ (New Perspectives Quarterly)

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Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush -- NPQ (New Perspectives Quarterly)

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Abdolkarim Soroush’s rays of hope -- Katajun Amirpur

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Democracy Is Not Summarized in Elections --(Sharqh Newspaper)        

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Ethics and Ethical Critiques -- An interview with Abdolkarim Soroush

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The New Intellectuals in Iran -- Farhad Khosrokhavar

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The Emergence and Development of Religious Intellectualism in Iran --  Forough Jahanbakhsh

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Islam and Modernity -- A debate

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The Responsibilities of the Muslim Intellectual in the 21st Century:

An Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush -- Farish A. Noor

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Expect the Unexpected: A Religious Democracy in Iran -- Peter D. Schmid

► Dr. Soroush Letter to Abbass Amir Entezam and Dr. Hashem Aghajari Due to Receiving the Moral Courage Award    
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The Resilience of the Traditional Clergy to the Hardline Challenge in Post Revolutionary Iran -- Ijlal Naqvi

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The Clash Within Islam -- Encounter - Radio National

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Pluralism conference report -- John L. Allen Jr.

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An Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush -- Iranian Truth

► Political Statement by Iranian Cultural and Political Activists On the Anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution and the 1953 Coup
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Khatami Threatens Resignation -- The Daily Star

► Iran's Khatami offers to quit (CNN)
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Come the revolution -- New Scientist

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Faith, Reason and Science -- Ehsan Masood

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Post-Revolutionary Islamic Discourses on Modernity in Iran -- Farzin Vahdat

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Ferment in Muslim Thinking -- A.G. Noorani

► Ahmad Wahib’s Renewal Islamic Thinking in Indonesia in Perspective of Abdolkarim Soroush
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Challenging the Government of God -- Ahmad Sadri

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Joint Harvard-MIT Petition for Divestment from Israel

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Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith -- Vartan Gregorian                       

  ► Islam and Democracy
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Iran: The Struggle for the Revolutions's Soul -- ICG Middle East Report

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The Fundamentalist Factor -- Scott Appleby

► A Window on Islam: The Humanisation of Religion -- Comments by: Donald Cupitt
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Coming to terms with Modernity: Iranian Intellectuals and the emerging Public Sphere -- Mahmoud Alinejad

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The Reform Movement in Contemporary Iran -- Said Amir Arjomand

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The Evolution of Iranian Islamism from the Revolution Through the Contemporary Reformers  -- Jeffrey Usman

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Religious Modernists and the "Woman Question": Challenges and Complicities -- Ziba Mir-Hosseini

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Book on Abdolkarim Soroush: Published in Indonesia Language

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Religious Intellectuals and the Woman Question -- Farideh Farhi

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Zanan: Trials and Successes of a Feminist Magazine in Iran -- Roza Eftekhari

► An Evening with Dr. Soroush (Harvard)
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Gender of Democracy: The Encounter between Feminism and Reformism in Contemporary Iran -- Parvin Paidar

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Sacral Defense of Secularism: The Political Theologies of Soroush, Shabestari, and Kadivar

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The Construction of Gender in Islamic Legal Thought and Strategies for Reform -- Ziba Mir-Hosseini

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Book Review -- Mehrzad Boroujerdi        

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Islam And Democracy: Reflections On Abdolkarim Soroush

By: Fred Dallmayr (University of Notre Dame)

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Religion, Thought and Reformation -- Jameh Madani                           

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Critics Within: Islamic Scholars’ Protests

Against the Islamic State in Iran* -- Charles Kurzman                             

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Iran’s Tortuous Path Toward "Islamic Liberalism" -- Ahmad Ashraf  and Ali Banuazizi

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The Paradoxes of Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran -- Mehrzad Boroujerdi

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Iran’s Quiet Revolt -- Navid Kermani

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Islamic Democracy and Islamic Governance -- A summary of remarks

By: Abdolkarim Soroush and Charles Butterworth

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A Holy War for Human Rights -- Scott Appleby

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Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam -- Book Review by: L. Carl Brown (Middle East)

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The End of Islamic Ideology (Iran) -- Hamid Dabashi

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The Coming Transformation in the Muslim World -- Dale F. Eickelman

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