All Posts Tagged With: "pouvoir"
Islam and Power
There is a tension in the Islamic world between the desire for democracy and a respect for liberty. (It is a tension that once raged in the West and still exists in pockets today.) This is most apparent in the ongoing fury over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a small Danish newspaper. The cartoons were offensive and needlessly provoc [...].
10Feb2006 | Fareed Zakaria | 0 comments | Continued
L’islamisme, nouveau panarabisme
Incontestablement, l’islamisme se voulait à l’origine internationaliste, aspirant à placer la communauté des croyants toute entière sous un même leadership. Mais son échec fut de ce point de vue assez vite patent. Les mouvements qui prônaient, dans les années 70 et 80, la réislamisation des sociétés musulmanes « par le haut » – la construction d’ [...].
23Jan2006 | Olivier Roy | 0 comments | Continued
Use the information summit to pressure the Tunisian authorities
The choice of Tunisia to host the November 16-18 second World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has provoked much controversy. The idea behind the summit is to bridge the gap between rich and poor countries in a field that has proven to be one of the focal points of present and future progress. Tunisia, however, excels neither in informatics and rel [...].
23Oct2005 | Bassam Bounenni | 0 comments | Continued
Islam et pouvoir séculier
Certaines vérités élémentaires sont toujours bonnes à rappeler. Le propos s’en trouve souvent éclairé. Entre philosophie et religion il est une différence essentielle. La première est une démarche individuelle : même lorsqu’elle aboutit à former système ou doctrine, elle reste du domaine de la construction que fait chaque individu pour son propre compte. E [...].
23Apr2005 | Abdou Filali-Ansari | 0 comments | Continued
Intellectuals: The Powerless Wielders of Power - 3 -
Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush. By SA’ID RA’I for the Iranian Labour News Agency,January 2004. Translated by Nilou Mobasser. Intellectuals: The Powerless Wielders of Power. (page 3 of 3) SA’ID RA’I: In a speech you made ten years ago, under the title Shariati and the Theoretical Reconstruction of Religion, you said: « Some of our clerics have been [...].
8Feb2005 | Abdolkarim Soroush | 0 comments | Continued
Intellectuals: The Powerless Wielders of Power - 2 -
Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush. By SA’ID RA’I for the Iranian Labour News Agency,January 2004. Translated by Nilou Mobasser. Intellectuals: The Powerless Wielders of Power. (page 2 of 3) SA’ID RA’I: One of the criticisms directed by the Frankfurt School at positivists such as Popper is that (according to them) positivist science seeks to justify an [...].
8Feb2005 | Abdolkarim Soroush | 0 comments | Continued
Intellectuals: The Powerless Wielders of Power - 1 -
Interview with Abdolkarim Soroush. By SA’ID RA’I for the Iranian Labour News Agency,January 2004. Translated by Nilou Mobasser. In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SA’ID RA’I : One of the issues that has exercised your mind in recent years has been the relationship between knowledge and power, and especially the relationship between the [...].
8Feb2005 | Abdolkarim Soroush | 0 comments | Continued
“Islam and the State”.
Conversation with Vali Nasr (1). Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley. 10/3/02 1-Background Vali, welcome to Berkeley. Thank you. Tell us a little about your background. Where were you born and raised? I was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. I got my primary and secondary education in Iran, and in England. My family migrated to the United [...].
7Feb2005 | Vali Nasr | 0 comments | Continued
“Islam and State Power in the Middle East and Central Asia”
Conversation with Vitaly Naumkin (1). Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley. 2/19/03 1-Background Welcome, Professor Naumkin. Thank you. Where were you born and raised? I was born and raised in a very interesting place, which is the city of Yekaterinburg. This was a city where the first president of Russia, Mr. Yeltsin, was also born. It w [...].
7Feb2005 | Vitaly Naumkin | 0 comments | Continued
Democracy is Closer to Islam Than Other Models of Governance.
Summary: Mohammad Javad Ardeshir Larijani, has been one of the controversial personalities in Iran during the post-revolution years, always being under the spotlight of the press. His record of service include membership in the presiding board of the radio and television organization (IRIB), membership in the Supreme National Security Council, deputy minis [...].
7Feb2005 | Mohammad Javad Larijani | 0 comments | Continued
“Activism, Anarchism, and Power”.
Conversation with Noam Chomsky (1). _Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley. 3/22/02 1-Background Noam, welcome to Berkeley. Where were you born and raised? I was born in Philadelphia, in 1928. I stayed there until I went through undergraduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, then went on to Harvard for a couple of a years in a resear [...].
7Feb2005 | Noam Chomsky | 0 comments | Continued
Pouvoir politique et pouvoir religieux dans l’histoire de l’islam.
L’opinion courante, aussi bien chez le public non averti que dans une certaine littérature, soutient que l’islam ne connaît pas de distinction entre le temporel et le spirituel, entre l’Etat et la religion. D’aucuns affirment cette confusion en se livrant à une lecture de l’histoire islamique, d’autres en se basant sur l’autorité des textes et en particuli [...].
5Feb2005 | Abdelmajid Charfi | 0 comments | Continued
Islamic Democracy and Islamic Governance.
A summary of remarks by Abdolkarim Soroush and Charles Butterworth at The Middle East Institute, November 21, 2000 On November 21, MEI gathered two scholars, the Iranian thinker Abdolkarim Soroush, visiting professor at Harvard University, and Charles Butterworth, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, for a discussion on “Islamic [...].
2Feb2005 | Abdolkarim Soroush | 0 comments | Continued
La solution est avec celui qui détient les clés de la solution.
A peine le rideau est-il tombé sur les élections du 24 octobre 2004, qu’un climat de scepticisme voire de pessimisme saisit l’opposition et notamment ses composantes qui ont appelé au boycott. Tout le monde se convainquit que le pouvoir allait continuer dans sa politique répressive traditionnelle et que le dossier des libertés et notamment celui de la libé [...].
29Jan2005 | Mohamed Lamari | 0 comments | Continued









