Whoa.
CAIRO — The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
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“This crack in the clerical establishment and the fact they are siding with the people and Moussavi in my view is the most historic crack in the 30 years of the Islamic republic,” said Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. “Remember they are going against an election verified and sanctified by Khamenei.”
I hope he's right, and that this is good news. I've been unsettled by the way that Iran dropped off the international radar when the government threw out most of the press, jailed lots of local journalists, and set the basijis loose. (And I was appalled by how quickly the Michael Jackson death pushed the Iran democracy story to the back pages in the U.S.).
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this is huge
very very big
Thanks for these great posts, msexpat
Who would have known that we'd have a writer with susu experience, and now this.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
**blush**
de nada.
via Juan Cole, another great link
Mohsen Khadivar is a pro-Khomeni Islamic theologian. In this interview with Der Spiegel, he articulates the Islamic pro-democracy position. Good stuff, go read!