By Ronen A. Cohen
ISBN-10: 1137502509
ISBN-13: 9781137502506
ISBN-10: 1349699527
ISBN-13: 9781349699520
Through the revolution in Iran, a small, fanatical team known as the Forqan used special assassinations of spiritual leaders to struggle the Ayatollah Khomeini's plan to set up a theocratic Islamic nation. Ronen A. Cohen examines what fairly occurred in the back of the fog of revolution.
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14 The view taken by the Israeli Foreign Ministry about the Iranian crisis provides us with an optimistic explanation for the situation in Iran at that time, as well as a summary of the activities the Forqan were involved in and were responsible for. From the Foreign Ministry’s confidential report, dated January 15, 1979, we find the following: “At this stage the opposition cannot be presented as a real alternative to the [monarchy] regime, and there is no organized group that can establish new one.
32 Koch continues to move from one verse to another to refute the Muslim version(s), and what we can learn from Koch’s investigation of this legend is the Muslim scholar’s realization that the Quranic version of this story does not match the original Christian version of the story. Koch starts first with Ibn Qutaybah (d. 889)33 and his Kitab al-Maa’rif, which Koch says is the earliest source that mentions this story (which we have already proved not to be true). 34 Theological Approaches M 15 The second Muslim scholar that Koch refers to, this time more broadly and in greater detail, is al-Tabari (d.
Although Goodarzi’s interpretive method was based on his personal, subjective taste, he succeeded in exerting an important influence on young people’s thoughts and ideas. Goodarzi started his activities in the mosques of south Tehran in 1355 (1975), but his main base was the “Khamseh Qolhak” mosque. 41 Despite this, Goodarzi was considered by the Islamic Republic to be someone who belonged to the clerical circles, as if the “Forqan Group was under the leadership of a seminary student. 43 The Forqan meetings were held secretly, and each time the address given was different.
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