“In Islamic law, there is a principle of respect for the human being and his or her life and property, irrespective of his or her religion, confession, race, and sex..” This is a quote from no less an authority than Mohammad Mojtehed (left) Shabestari, a Shi’a Muslim cleric who has spent his life studying and teaching …
By Abbas Djavadi — Call it discrimination or even chauvinism: Millions of Iran’s ethnic Azeris have no right of education in their mother tongue. But, surprisingly, it appears the majority of them don’t care much about this inequality. Over the last two months, I have interviewed more than 80 people, mostly from Tabriz, Ardabil, Khoy, …
On August 1, some 2,000 to 3,000 people demonstrated in the northern Iranian city of Tabriz to demand the right to be educated in Azeri Turkish and to condemn what they called “discrimination against Azeri Turks in Iran.” The demonstrators shouted, “Everybody has the right of education in their mother language,” and, “Long live Azerbaijan, …
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Is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s (left) position threatened by the factional battles of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad (second from right) and parliament speaker Ali Larijani (right)? Last year’s crackdown on Iran’s opposition Green Movement united the various factions of the country’s ruling establishment. Recently, however, there are signs of conflict among these competing groups, and …
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Narrative theatre after Nizami. Composition by Samir Odeh-Tamimi. Text by Albert OstermaierWorld premiereFROM: Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Albert OstermaierMUSICAL DIRECTOR: Peter RundelDIRECTOR: Willy DeckerENSEMBLE: musikFabrikCHOIR: ChorWerk RuhrLOCATION: Jahrhunderthalle BochumINTRODUCTION: 20., 22., 24., 26., 28., 30. August, 1., 3. September Love between two people is not complete as long as one speaking of the other, says; ›I‹ — …
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