Soroush

He has also spearheaded the creation of schools and magazines devoted to young people. soroush, abdolkarim Soroush is a well-known figure in the religious intellectual movement in Iran.

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Mr. Soroush, who has a wide following in Iran, says that a mosque-state separation serves Islam best.

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Abdulkarim Soroush, an Iranian religious philosopher, proposes to selectively apply the Quran and Hadiths.

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“The only thing: I am able to breathe—this is the only thing,” Soroush told me.

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“Religion is infallible, but those who interpret it are not,” Soroush told me.

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Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush, Tehran, December 7, 1997; see also Peterson, “Elusive in Iran: Real Power.”

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But since then, Soroush turned against the “divine right” to rule.

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Khomeini closed universities for three years; Soroush had been a key player in the purge.

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Soroush events were often attacked—one lecture hall where he had just spoken had been burned down—and when I found him in late 1997, Soroush said he had to “smuggle” himself to keep safe.76

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When asked about the success and dynamism of student movements, Soroush quoted Ali Shariati, that key pre-Revolution ideologue whose work inspired so many to resist the Shah in the name of Shiism.

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