When you religious types get to understand this, then maybe Iran will emerge from the backwardness that it has eternally committed itself to.

Whether what we choose is a reformed or entirely new religion is a concern for those of us who adhere to a certain moral ambit.

I use the adjective, “tolerant”, advisedly, because in parallel to my private faith, I believe in fighting for the rights of those like yourself, who ardently disagree with me, even unto death.

What you engage in is abuse. It is unworthy of your cause, and it serves to alienate many people from our ranks. Believe it or not, many of those most committed to disposing of Iran’s evil fascist regime, continue to believe in the tenets of Islam. However, any new settlement has to be on the basis of respect for our differences; a tolerant society in which diversity is the norm, and where there is a separation of ‘Church and State’.

Whether it disturbs you or not, a tendency to spiritual belief remains a fundamental requirement for many, if not most people, and if you want to assure a harmonious new future in Iran, then you will have to learn to curb your invective. Otherwise what is the difference between these Islamic fascists, and your secular version?

I wish all Iranians well in the difficult days ahead, and for my part I will pray for them

Long Live Iran – Long Live Freedom

No such thing as “tolerant Muslim”. Prophet Mohammad the jaakesh pedophile murderer had a black and white philosophy. islam is black and white and “tolerant Islam” is a reformed thing and not islam as you know it.

When you religious types get to understand this, then maybe Iran will emerge from the backwardness that it has eternally committed itself to.

That’s quite alright :)

Ba sepase faravan, shad bashid.

Arash

be salamati

Hamid

Did you decide to ignore my reply to you? Now you’re just trolling. Poor show.

Arash

Do you have any evidence for this? Dashti’s book is one long polemic: short on fact and long on recrimination. Wouldn’t the works of Iran’s pre-Islamic poets stimulate the minds of the young better and prove more effective at loosening the grip of the Faqih?

I was e-mailed a copy of “Twenty-three Years by a casual acquaintance; a South Tehran market trader, whose academic achievements stretch to a High School Diploma. He pleaded with me to read it. He also told me that all his acquaintances in the bazaar had read it, if I wanted to get a clearer idea of the mainstream of thought among his peer group of twenty-something men. Possession of this text carries the death penalty, but the internet has made dissemination of such ‘illicit’ materials much less risky.

I am an Iranian writer…which does not matter.
Intelligent? For you to decide…which certainly does.

In the spirit of polemic provocation: God Bless Harry’s Place.

How can you say the Iranian people have chosen ANYONE as their leaders when the Guardian Council regularly bans hundreds of potential candidates from running in elections? That is not a democracy, the people are not being represented.

As for pro-Mousavi chants, the people of Iran cling to anyone who can give them the teeniest shred of freedom. However, they too have chanted anti-Islamic Republic slogans. This campaign is no longer about Mousavi or Karroubi or “Where is my vote?”…it is about fundementally changing Iran’s political system.

Arash