“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 the Jews and other 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 with the beloved knowing about it.
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photos: Farshad Palideh & Ehsan Mohammadi 
Man and Islam, By Ali Shariati part(II)
Posted by Parsin on April 11, 2008
Another issue is the woman who is believed to have been created from Adam’s rib. This is the result of a wrong translation of the Arabic word ‘rib’ into Persian. In Arabic and Hebrew ‘rib’ has an additional meaning which is ‘nature.’ Thus, instead of “Eve was created from Adam’s nature,” it came to mean “Eve was created from Adam’s rib.”A great man like Nietzsche believed that man and woman were two different creatures. By and by they evolved and came to resemble each other. So they are thought of as two different races. Mind you that even those philosophers and scientists who believe that Adam and Eve are of the same race have always despised the female’s nature. However, the position of the Qur’an is that man and woman are of the same nature. Read the rest of this entry »
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