Essays about: "islamic revolution of iran"

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  1. 11. Khomeini and Sufism : Ayatollah Khomeini’s influence on the oppression against Sufi Orders in the Islamic Republic of Iran

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Parasto Taffazoli; [2014]
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    Abstract : Since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran many Shia Sufi Orders, who are religious groups that exercise the mystical and spiritual elements of Shia Islam, have been forced to exile due to oppression from the government. The largest Sufi Order, The Nematollahi Soltan Alishahi Gonabadi are still in the country, but are oppressed by the Islamic regime; From an arson attack in central Tehran in 1980; The Iranian government being blamed to have imprisoned 11 members of the Soltan Alishahi Order for peaceful activities in 2013 (HRW, 2013); To the odd arrests and physical abuses of the Order’s members in March 2014. READ MORE

  2. 12. One Man - One Desire - A Study of the Reasons of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and its Mobilization Process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saam Beik; [2008]
    Keywords : Iran; Iranian Revolution ; Ayatollah Khomeini ; Mobilization; Revolutions; Contentious Politics ; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Iran, a country generally seen as abusing the laws of human rights in favour of the Islamic laws and where women is being punished if not wearing headscarves in public. However, the great opposition against this country's laws is probably not aware of the revolution in 1979 that formed the contemporary society of Iran. READ MORE

  3. 13. Political Consistency in Arabia - A Comparative Study of Iran and Saudi Arabia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nils Råby; Kristoffer Strömblad; [2007]
    Keywords : Political Consistency; Saudi Arabia; Comparative Study; Religion; Legitimacy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The monarchical regimes of the Gulf States have for a long time remained outstandingly consistent. The aim of this thesis is to explain this political consistency by comparing Saudi Arabia with Iran, covering the time period from Muhammed Reza Shah's accession to the throne in 1941 up until the Islamic Revolution of 1979. READ MORE

  4. 14. Iranian Youth and the Internet: – Six Voices on Internet Use beyond the Public and Private Spheres –

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Markus Nyblom; Susanne Najafi; [2006]
    Keywords : Internet; Private; Public; Virtual; Iran;

    Abstract : Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 Iran is ruled by a theocratic government. Information about the outside world is controlled and a non-Islamic way of life is prohibited in public Iran. However mediums of communication like the Internet are crossing borders as Internet is relatively free. READ MORE