Men living through difficult times which fail to meet their aspirations split off into four categories. There are those who submit, become ‘pillars of society,’ become like the large unjust society around them. A second group rejects the standing order, but despairs of its ability to change it, and ‘migrates’ in its mind and spirit. A third believes in the necessity of change, but believes as well in the ‘bankruptcy of its own heritage’ and turns outside to foreign models of change and foreign ideologies… The fourth group, to which Ali Shariati belonged, believed in change, but sought to bring about justice through an ‘authentic ideology that emerged out of the soil of Islamic society.’
Source: Ajami, Fouad. The Vanished Imam: Musa al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, 220.
Nice, you are definitely a “Islamist”. Great! As if Iran is not a perfect of Islamism, you are still calling for it.
To Anonymous:
Your post shows how little you know about Shariati. His wife has stated that if he were alive in Iran today he would almost certainly be a political prisoner.
People admire Shariati from across the board, meaning, many non-Islamists admire his nativist approach without being an Islamist or even a Muslim for that matter.
I myself am not religious whatsoever.
“As if Iran is not a perfect of Islamism”, This has got to be the illiterate lawyer wannabe Arash. If not, then why does it seem like all of your critics are in hte fourth grade, Pouya?
NIAC Workshop in Boston
On Saturday February 16, The National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
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pouya, will you attend the workshop (above) this Saturday at MIT
“The fourth group, to which Ali Shariati belonged, believed in change, but sought to bring about justice through an ‘authentic ideology that emerged out of the soil of Islamic society.”
Whether he’ll be a political prisoner or not is nothing but an empty assumption. He is not alive, therefore we don’t know. Plus, the problem is “Islamic Society”: anything rising out religious back ground is bound to fail, especially Islam that he was actually promoting during the years he was alive. Please, cut the crap with this Islamic propaganda.
It’s not propaganda. It’s simply historical fact. Shariati was fervently opposed to the ulama, let alone them running the state. Hence, when his wife said that, she wasn’t speculating, rather she was speaking from the awareness she had of her husband. Please read up on something before offering us your opinion. Otherwise, you’re just wasting my time.
Seemed like Shariati was a good man. Too bad his vision of Islam was cut short and Khomeini’s took hold.
Anyway, I’m just happy that the bloodthirsty arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyah is dead. Too bad smiley face wasn’t in the car next to him.
One more thing, big ups to my homies in the Mossad for carrying our that attack!!
Do you wish Mr. Smiley Face would die simply bc he disagrees with you and backs up his arguments with facts and references? How typical. Welcome to Zionism.
iPouya:
What a bullshit analysis: Mughniyeh was a mass murderer terrorist; he didn’t simply disagree with Zionists or the free world, he simply murdered them. He led and designed many attacks against Jewish civilians around the globe. Plus, you live in this country, how dare you support a guy who was a mastermind the killing of 250 Marines of the same country that you live in? I wonder what he would do to you if you “disagree†with him. How typical of terrorists to justify a murder by implying that he simply “disagreed”. Welcome to Islamo Fascism where they openly support killers.
Relax. You didn’t read. JZ said: “Too bad smiley face wasn’t in the car next to him†implying that he wishes Mr. Smiley Face was next to him so he would die too. Mr. Smiley is a blog commentor here not to be confused with the Lebanese dude in Syria. Thus, JZ wishes him death not bc of any deed he has done, bc he hasn’t done anything, but bc of what he says here. Got it? Are you embarrassed?
And anonymous, it wasn’t an “analysis” to begin with. Pouya, do you see why I keep thinking this guy is Arash? The kid doesn’t even know when and where to use these words.
I don’t believe Shariati has to be praised for his eloquent speeches. After all, it was his speeches that UNINTENTIONALLY paved the road for the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the rise of the ulama into power. Islam merely encompasses a collection of laws and orders mimicking the Torah. Shariati’s creation of new ideology and philosphy based on Islam was the impetus for the direction of the masses towards the ulama. After the Constitutional revolution, where one of the most respected mullahs was executed, the Iranians could no longer accept the ulamas having ultimate power. However, Shariati’s new interpretation of Islam reversed that mentality and gave legitimacy to them, even though, as Pouya says, he did not want ulamas to be in power.
This is why it is legitimate to link Zionism with Fascism:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Beirut-Israel-Israeli-intelligence-organization/photo//080219/481/a11fcd7f7ceb4e4d86fb72185ac704f2//s:/ap/20080219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_mossad_agent;_ylt=Aifxo.VREZmEKpniD6RmQPAUewgF
Behind him are pictures of Amin Gemmayel. we all know what an influence Nazi Germany had on the Phalangist ideology. The most fascist and most brutal force during the Lebanese civil war was Israel’s best ally.
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