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A. If a state is religious, with a name like Islamic Republic and so forth, then there will be people there who want to appear religious, but they are just pretending to be so. But if your state is a secular one, then nobody can claim to be religious unless...
Q. But what makes you think Turkey can withstand the Islamic revolutionary anger that is affecting so many countries, even quite advanced ones like Malaysia?
Rafsanjani's rise as a pragmatist is possible only because his credentials as an Islamic revolutionary are impeccable. Yet he has consistently shown political acumen and moderation throughout his government career. Several times he won popular elections to posts, and in Friday prayers his easy manner is refreshing to a...
Rafsanjani's greatest problem will be to consolidate his power. But the system, which is fairly democratic within the terms of the Islamic constitution, makes it hard for him to circumvent the Majlis. The deputies, for example, recently fired his Health Minister for being inadequately "Islamic," and last week a...
Iran may be emerging from the long night of a bloody revolution, but as a Persian proverb says, the apple turns many times before it falls. There are still severe human rights abuses, due to a combination of poor accountability in the courts and Islamic injunctions and punishments, including the...