Bahram Soroush
Encyclopedia
Bahram Soroush is a UK-based civil rights
activist and a member of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran
Central Committee. He has said that is "very difficult to try to separate Islam from Islamic terrorist organisations". In a conference held in June 2006, Bahram said that the "Iranian regime is antiworker and anti-human" Soroush has said that the Islamic Republic is not a representative of the Iranian people and that it would be dangerous for the Republic to attain nuclear weapons.
is being used to "stifle the criticism of Islam
" and that "considering the atrocities" committed by Islamic movements, terrorist attacks and honour killings in Muslim countries, it is "understandable that people should have a dislike of Islam and that this negative perception of Islam should have grown".
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist and a member of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran
Worker-Communist Party of Iran
The Worker-communist Party of Iran founded 1991, is a political party that seeks the revolutionary overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the establishment of a 'Socialist Republic' in its place...
Central Committee. He has said that is "very difficult to try to separate Islam from Islamic terrorist organisations". In a conference held in June 2006, Bahram said that the "Iranian regime is antiworker and anti-human" Soroush has said that the Islamic Republic is not a representative of the Iranian people and that it would be dangerous for the Republic to attain nuclear weapons.
Comments on Islamophobia
Soroush has said that the term IslamophobiaIslamophobia
Islamophobia describes prejudice against, hatred or irrational fear of Islam or MuslimsThe term dates back to the late 1980s or early 1990s, but came into common usage after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States....
is being used to "stifle the criticism of Islam
Criticism of Islam
Criticism of Islam has existed since Islam's formative stages. Early written criticism came from Christians, prior to the ninth century, many of whom viewed Islam as a radical Christian heresy...
" and that "considering the atrocities" committed by Islamic movements, terrorist attacks and honour killings in Muslim countries, it is "understandable that people should have a dislike of Islam and that this negative perception of Islam should have grown".
External links
- Two thumbs down - Transcript of TV interview with Bahram Soroush aired on TV International English, a channel owned by Worker-Communist Party of IranWorker-Communist Party of IranThe Worker-communist Party of Iran founded 1991, is a political party that seeks the revolutionary overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the establishment of a 'Socialist Republic' in its place...
- A fresh breeze in the labour movement in Iran - transcript of a TV International interview conducted by Fariborz Pooya (March 7, 2005)
- Various TV appearances on TV International English, a channel owned by Worker-Communist Party of IranWorker-Communist Party of IranThe Worker-communist Party of Iran founded 1991, is a political party that seeks the revolutionary overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the establishment of a 'Socialist Republic' in its place...
: http://www.anternasional.tv/english-f/archive.htm, http://www.anternasional.tv/english-f/archive2.htm, http://www.anternasional.tv/english-f/archive3.htm - Picture of Soroush as a protester in the Iraqi opposition conference - Another picture
- UK: Mayor of London, political Islam and us - Transcript of Interview with Bahram Soroush and Fariborz Pooya (25/05/2005)
