The following statement has been endorsed by over 160 prominent Iranian women’s rights advocates, activists and scholars living abroad. This was meant to show solidarity with women’s rights activists inside Iran and echo their voices internationally.
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Farshid Yadollahi,lawyer of dervishes Nematolahi Gonabadi, interview with the monthly social rights magazine Peace line
Written by Majzooban Noor Abolreza ahmadiOver the past few years, Dervishes of Nematollahi Sufi Orderhad faced so many coercive conflicts such as detention, threat, destruction and plumbing their khaniqas and Hosseinies by Islamic Regime of Iran. The regime of Islamic Republic of Iran has tried to take control of this Sufi Order and prevent […]
Martin Luther King Jr.The Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, […]
The Concept of Justice in Islam
by Charles Le Gai Eaton Those who enquire about the basics of Islam are usually told about the “Five Pillars” of the religion. These relate to faith and to practice, but at a deeper level it might be said that there are two great pillars which support the whole edifice.
Haleh, the angel of peace and patience, took flight
Haleh Sahabi was a member of Mothers for Peace, a group whose members have suffered greatly in recent years. Two years ago one member, Parvin Fahimion, lost her son [Sohrab Arabi]. And now Haleh Sahabi lost her life at the burial ceremony of her father.
PEACE AND JUSTICE:An Islamic view
Gholamreza Aavani, Iranian Institute of Philosophy There is much talk today about peace and justice and we should ask why in our epoch there is so much universal concern about these issues.