Keeping Faith in Reform, and Islam, in Iran
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Mohsen Kadivar, the charismatic cleric became a hero to Iranian youth during his 1999 trial for challenging Iran's rigid theocracy, is a lonely voice in Iran these days.
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How will a stand against violence play in the Muslim world?.
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Washington's drive toward regime change in Iran is only rallying the country around its radical president.
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TEHRAN -- After Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's followers toppled a U.S.-backed autocracy in Iran, he brought to power a coterie of politically engaged clerics who sought to create the world's first Islamic republic. Nearly 30 years later, a new generation of politicians is sweeping aside those...
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Iran is emboldened by oil prices, its opponents' involvement in other conflicts, and an ironclad belief in its nuclear rights.
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Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA -- Tehran Substitute Friday Prayer Leader and Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in Tehran on Friday that the US is afraid of the power of Islam.
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A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics.
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Chicago Tribune - A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: Anyone wondering how the struggle for the soul of Islam could play out in America should look to Europe. Islamic traditions and beliefs are prompting Europeans to re-evaluate practices and laws as well as prized principles, such as the separation of church and state. Nowhere is this more evident than in France, now home to the largest Islamic community on the continent. For the 11th part of this occasional series, a Tribune reporter traveled to a Paris suburb to examine the future that Europe is straining to handle.
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Iran acknowledged for the first time today it has convicted some Iranians of supporting al-Qaida. âA few pro-al Qaida Iranian nationals have been tried and convicted,â said foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi.
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Fears that Islamic hard-liners could  exacerbate Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, scare foreign  investors and worsen social tensions may pave the way for a  comeback by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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CAIRO -- Iran's decision to grant international inspectors greater access to a major nuclear facility was greeted by skepticism as well as cautious hope yesterday among nonproliferation analysts.
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The leaders of Iraq and Jordan warned yesterday that Iran is trying to influence the Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 to create an Islamic
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Whatâs really driving the Iranian presidentâs Western charm offensive?
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Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran's theocracy.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a   devout Shi'ite Muslim, urged the West on Wednesday to turn to   God's path and said failure to do would ensure they faced "no   good fate."
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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 -- In a feisty session with leading foreign policy experts, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defiantly stuck to his hard-line positions on issues including Iran's nuclear program and a need for further study to confirm the Holocaust.
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Iran's President Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah pledge to unite against the spread of sectarian strife.