“I am Cyrus. King of the world. When I entered Babylon… I did not allow anyone to terrorize the land… I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being… I put an end to their misfortune. The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation…. . .When my soldiers in great numbers peacefully entered Babylon… I did not allow anyone to terrorize the people… I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being… Freed all the slaves… I put an end to their misfortune and slavery (referring to religious minorities). The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation… “
"I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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My Lord, grant me success in struggling during failure, in having patience in disappointment, in going alone, in Jihad without weapons, in working without pay, in making sacrifice in silence, in having religious belief in the world, in having ideology without popular traditions, in having faith (Iman) without pretensions, non-conformity without immaturity, beauty without physical appearance, loneliness in the crowd, and loving without the beloved knowing about it.
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photos: Farshad Palideh & Ehsan Mohammadi 
Archive for April 6th, 2008
I will not say anything about this one!!
Posted by Parsin on April 6, 2008
Posted in photo, Religion, United States | Tagged: Moslims, Obama, USA | 1 Comment »
Mother: by Sami Yusuf
Posted by Parsin on April 6, 2008
Persian
Turkish
Arabic
Posted in Culture, Islam, Middle East, Muslims, Religion, Song, Video, World | Tagged: Arabic, Mother, Persian, Sami Yusuf, Turkish, Video | 13 Comments »
Remembering Rachel Corrie
Posted by Parsin on April 6, 2008
1979 – 2003
On March 16th, 2003 an Israeli soldier driving a bulldozer two-stories high crushed to death 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, an American nonviolent human rights protestor. According to numerous witnesses and photographic documentation, she was killed intentionally.
Posted in History, Human Right, Israel, life, Middle East, Muslims, Palestine, Politics, State Terrorism, Terrorism, United States, Violence, World | Tagged: Israel, Palestine, State Terrorism, Terrorism, USA | 1 Comment »
ISLAMIC PROTESTANTISM
Posted by Parsin on April 6, 2008
The following is the transcript of a speech delivered in Teheran by Dr. Seyyed Hashem Aghajari on 19 June 2002. The speech was given at a commemoration of the 25 anniversary of the death of Ali Shariati, to whom Aghajari makes repeated references. Shariati was an influential Islamic political activist against the former Shah, who died before the 1979 revolution. The transcript is provided by gooya.com, and they have edited it for clarity.
ISLAMIC PROTESTANTISM
The Concept of Protestantism The Protestant movement wanted to rescue Christianity from the clergy and the Church hierarchy – [Christians] must save religion from the pope. We [Muslims] do not need mediators between us and God. We do not need mediators to understand God’s holy books. The Prophet [Jesus] spoke to the people directly? We don’t need to go to the clergy; each person is his own clergy. Shariati maintained that all the religious messages offered by formal and traditional religious organizations were antiquated, and that any protest against [these traditional religious organizations] was [regarded by the clerics as] a protest against Islam itself. “Core Islam” and “Traditional Islam” Part of Dr. Shariati’s work was to separate [what he called] ‘core Islam’ from [what he called] ‘traditional Islam.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Culture, Developing Country, History, How To, Human Right, Iran, Islam, life, Middle East, Muslims, Persia, Politics, Prophet Mohammad, Quran, Religion, Shariati, Shia, Violence, World | Tagged: Iran, Islam, Religion, Shia | 2 Comments »
