IDEAS
Kasravi’s apocalyptic prediction came true, with vengeance
The title of this article is an exact quote from Ahmad Kasravi, mid 20th century Iranian intellectual. Some scholars have turned this famous quotation around and suggesting that it should be read, “The mullahs always demanded a government from Iran”. Having studied religion to become a mullah himself, Kasravi changed direction of his life and became an ardent critic of the faith and the off shoots of Islam in Iran. For this challenge, Kasravi was stabbed to death by Islamist extremists in 1946
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DELIST
It's time to delist Mojahedin
by Richard R. Schoeberl
Today, the MEK has strong bipartisan support in both the U.S. House and Senate. The poisonous “terror tag” has been removed by both the United Kingdom and the European Union years ago, yet it remains in place the United States, a naive and inhumane bit of leverage against the Iranian regime, who hate the idea of an organized democratic opposition. Meanwhile, the MEK has provided accurate intelligence to the U.S. regarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program and its deadly meddling in Iraq
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MOJAHEDIN
The Lobbying that shouldn't be happening
by Paul R. Pillar
The extraordinary lobbying campaign on behalf of the sometime Marxist/Islamist cult/terrorist group known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq is getting waged on ever more fronts. The specific objective is to get the Obama administration to remove the MEK from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. Wherever the money to fund the campaign is coming from, some of the largest expenditures so far have been in the form of fat speaking fees to notables who are willing to accept the check and come out in favor of delisting the group
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MARRIAGE
رابطه ثابت جنسی با یک نفر دیگر بر اساس طبیعت انسانی نیست
یکسال از انتشار کتاب «ریشههای سکس در ماقبل تاریخ»[۱] نوشته زوج محقق کریستوفر رایان و سیسیلدا جِتا میگذرد. آنها درباره زندگی زناشویی ادعاهای جسورانهای را مطرح کردهاند و مدارک و مستنداتی ارائه دادهاند که ثابت میکند انسان، این حیوان اجتماعی، با قابلیتهای بسیار نسبت به سایر جانوران، موجودی نیست که تعهدات مربوط به زندگی زناشویی و پایبندی به یک شریک جنسی ریشه در طبیعتاش داشته باشد
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POETRY
برای ماندانا و سوغاتِ سفر اش
دوراندیشی ام ولی ندید دوست و نمی دانست
دیداری دوبارهام از مهدِ خاطره ها، افسوس
امیدی است رفته به باد؛
و به آستان ِ آن دیار، -
دریغا
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