[lit-ideas] Re: Traditionalist Islam

Lawrence, what do you think of the Shah's repressive, to put it mildly, tactics that he implemented with the SAVAK? 


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From: Lawrence Helm
Sent: Feb 27, 2007 2:26 AM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Traditionalist Islam 



I keep hearing about political trouble in Iran, about Iranians who oppose the policies of Ahmadinejad.  There were the students who opposed the repressive actions of the Mullahs and their policies, but they were suppressed.  I've read articles that claim there is something going on in Iran once again, and the Ahmadinejad regime and the Mullahs behind him may all come tumbling down, but that may just be the same old wishful thinking. 

The Middle East is not a place where freedom of thought and speech are encouraged.  Beyond that the Fundamentalists suppress or seek to suppress those whose views are not as strict as theirs, people who might approximate the definition of a moderate, and their violence is persuasive.

Lawrence



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