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The Iranian revolution of 1979 overhauled not only the foundations of Iranian society, religion and politics, but also o

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Islam and Dissent in Postrevolutionary Iran: Abdolkarim Soroush, Religious Politics and Democratic Reform
1786734923, 9781786734921

"The Iranian revolution of 1979 overhauled not only the foundations of Iranian society, religion and politics, but

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"This volume focuses primarily on the question of the compatibility of Islam and democracy. It highlights the contr

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Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives

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Amidst the roil of war and instability across the Middle East, the West is still searching for ways to understand the Is

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This book argues that ever since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government in

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Introduction : the politics of Islam -- Factional causes and religious consequences of politics -- A shi'a theory o

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Terrorism and the Middle East are often connected. The fear that these will be a future source of threat with weapons of

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The Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 are two examples of dramatic, sudden and extraordinar

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In todays world all eyes are on Iran, which has grappled with an experiment that has had a massive global impact. For s

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