Faith Is Sacred, But Religiosity Is Becoming Futile And Fading Worldwide
Judaism, the very original Arch of the Covenant for the three Abrahamic monotheistic religions of Jewish, Christianity and Islam, is now ubiquitously practiced, observed or
Judaism, the very original Arch of the Covenant for the three Abrahamic monotheistic religions of Jewish, Christianity and Islam, is now ubiquitously practiced, observed or
There remains much heated discussion with trepidation on the decline of the Zoroastrian population, which currently stands at up to 200,000 worldwide. The same topic
For many who don’t have special knowledge of the Muslim world there is question on, which connection there is between Iran and the Shia as
The last time I traveled to my beloved native country few years ago, regrettably, I found out that one of my older brother’s sons had
Nobody likes, or bears to hear about anyone getting killed. No Iranian wants to hear, about another Iranian getting killed. We all knew, what was
Most of world’s popular religions have relied on political powers to legitimise their claim, offer protection and support, so the ‘true faith’ can spread far and
I know Ayaan Hirsi Ali has many detractors who vehemently oppose her just because she has the courage to stick her neck out and tell
When I was in Iran a few years ago, I visited the holy city of Mashhad. It was hard not to notice the begging and
According to the teachings of Islam, God has sent us 124,000 prophets so far and none of them claimed to be a scientist. Some of
This government of Iran has been on a hunting expedition since 1979, with the express intention of essentially eradicating Bahais from Iran. I don’t understand
According to a Gallup poll, more than one-third of Americans considered themselves as being spiritual but not religious, and secularism, as measured by the number
It is nearly 50 years since Abolhassn Banisadr began to develop his revolutionary interpretation of Islam, releasing it from the various discourses of power that
In a symbolic and unprecedented move, Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani, a prominent Muslim cleric in Iran announced today that he has gifted to the Baha’is of
The setting of Reza Alsan’s controversial history, Zealot: The Life and Times Of Jesus of Nazareth, parallels the situation in Israel/Palestine today. Then as now
Unsaid explanations left many generations of the people in Iran in their long puzzlement of submission to Islam. Although, after the freedom of Iran from
For thousands of years, people have been attracted to religion simply because of the worldly benefits it provides to its followers and more importantly because
The stirring we are beginning to witness in the Muslim world (Muslim as opposed to Islamic or Islamist) may not yet be a harbinger of
Islam, as a social order, is what distinguishes reality from other religions. In this article, considering Islam as a functional political system, I propose a
Nassrin sat alone. All traces of her past, it seemed were shut out by the obtrusive, distasteful furniture that had enclosed her. A series of
It was in a short story I read long time ago by an Iranian writer, Hejazi. In this sequestered village somewhere by the Caspian Sea
Ziba Mir-Hosseini is an anthropologist, and her book Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999) can be viewed