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Rumi
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Travelers on one ship
An in depth interview with Abdolkarim Soroush
Interview by Mahmoud Sadri
May 3, 1999
The Iranian
Soroush: The contention is, then, that [religious] knowledge
is, like other forms of knowledge, subject to all the attributes of knowledge.
It is human, fallible, evolving, and most important of all, it is constantly
in the process of exchange with other forms of knowledge. As such, its
inevitable transformations mirror the transformation of science and other
domains of human knowledge.
.... Some people in our society, under Stalinist and Fascist influences,
have come to believe that the essence of religion is enmity, excommunication,
and punishment. They need to be admonished. I have observed that if we
can reconcile Islam with revolution, why not reconcile it with human rights,
democracy, and liberty?... ... GO
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Mohajerani defeats impeachment motion
Tehran, May 2 (Hamshahri) -- Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani survived
an impeachment motion in the Majlis Saturday. Here are major excerpts from
his defense (in Persian) ... PAGE
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Women cyclists banned in Caspian resort
TEHRAN, May 2 (Reuters) - Iran has outlawed women cyclists at northern
seaside resort as an affront to Islamic morality, a newspaper reported
on Sunday ... FULL
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* Attempt to reconstruct reality
In an open letter in October 1997 Sohrab
Behdad writes: Dr. Soroush was in a position of responsibility when
the Iranian academic community was under the most serious intellectual,
psychological and even physical assault. I do not recall hearing a word
of support from Dr. Soroush. I said I find it delightfully ironic that
my association comes to the defense of a man who regards himself as an
intellectual but was a part of the machinery that destroyed an intellectual
community. Be it a reminder to those who may be in the position of power
today. Be it an example for those who have eyes and can see ... FULL TEXT
* Why so blatantly biased?
Babak Banaei writes: I cannot
help but notice the "zede-enqelaab" or even "zede-Iran"
bias of your magazine. A simple browse over the list of articles available
reveals this. You have the assimilationist piece by Guive
Mirfendereski, an adolescent article by Pejman
Mosleh, a thoroughly boring piece of fiction by Massud
Alemi, a couple gharbzadeh-esque articles from Laleh
Khalili, the article from Shalizeh
Nadjmi that is little more than a thinly veiled rationalization of
her Black man fetish, the collection of pictures from the pre-Revolutionary
Air Force (who cares!?), the typically mediocre poetry of yet another
gharbzadeh young Iranian woman, Leyla
Momeny ... Why is your magazine so blatantly biased? ... FULL
TEXT
* Education: * Iranian Culture and Civilization,
University of Washington
I am pleased to inform you that the Department of Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization at the University of Washington has approved Iranian Culture
and Civilization as a core departmental offering in term "a"
of its summer quarter 1999 program ... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
 The Hand of Poetry
Five Mystic Poets of Persia : Translations from the Poems of
Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz
In 13th century Persia, spiritual teaching was given in the guise of
poetry. From this vast treasury, Coleman Barks has selected a broad assortment
of poems form the works of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi, and Hafiz. These
are combined with the lectures originally given by Inayat Khan in San Fransisco
during 1923, which discuss the signifigance of the poets for our lives.
The book is quite possibly the best anthology of Persian Sufi Poets currently
available ... GO TO BOOK
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Why not?
I have observed that if we can reconcile Islam with revolution, why not
reconcile it with human rights, democracy, and liberty?
Abdolkarim Soroush
"Travelers
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The Iranian
May 3, 1999
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