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Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes

Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations Picture Quote #1

Compromise has a negative connotation Picture Quote #1

That President Mohammad Khatami’s policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran? Picture Quote #1

When I have an idea, I’m like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver Picture Quote #1

There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won’t take place. Both sides have to be prepared for a serious negotiation Picture Quote #1

It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it Picture Quote #1

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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea Picture Quote #1

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals Picture Quote #1

If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms Picture Quote #1

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise Picture Quote #1

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality Picture Quote #1

In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner Picture Quote #1

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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism Picture Quote #1

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being Picture Quote #1

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs Picture Quote #1

Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims Picture Quote #1

God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era Picture Quote #1

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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) Compromise has a negative connotation (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) That President Mohammad Khatami’s policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran? (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) When I have an idea, I’m like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) There are all sorts of cries that the leaders of the Green Movement should submit themselves to the supreme leader, but that won’t take place. Both sides have to be prepared for a serious negotiation. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims. (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes) God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era (Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes)