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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.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

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.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

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.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.

From Abdolkarim Soroush

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.

From Abdolkarim Soroush