The Baha'i Studies Listserv I think Professor `abdu'l-Kareem Soroosh who used to be the pride and joy of the Islamic Republic of Iran from its inception as the master theoretician, scholar, and theologian philosopher for the theocracy of her wilayat-e faqih (rule by the supreme jurist), and who is now a visiting scholar or something somewhere in the United States (maybe Washington, D.C.) is now regarded as a heretic and blasphemer or apostate or something like that by the hard line clerics for putting forth similar thoughts about the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad now. There are extensive and well articulated missives by him defending his position and refuting his opponents.
I'd like to thank Susan and Khazeh for their illuminating posts. Best regards, Iskandar Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> Sender: <bounce-511515-2080...@list.jccc.edu>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:05:03 To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Reply-To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Subject: Re: Respect for Islam The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I'm wonder if other Bahais would agree or disagree with that way of > putting things. I certainly wouldn't put it that way. Baha'is tend to see the Burning Bush, the Dove, the Archangel Gabriel and the Heavenly Maiden (huri) all as symbols of the Holy Spirit which conveys Revelation to the Manifestations. Alternatively we could see it has the Divine Nature of the Manifestation communicating with His human nature. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskandar....@gmail.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511515-20805...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:%%emailaddr%% Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:%%email.unsub%% Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/%%list.name%% Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
