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Iranian Pastor Faces Death Penalty for Apostasy
From Terry Mattingly at GetReligion, this troubling story: Rev. Yousef Nadarkhani, an Evangelical pastor in Iran, is facing execution for apostasy. Nadarkhani converted to Christianity as an adult....
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White House Issues Statement on Iran Apostasy Trial
The White House issued a statement this afternoon condemning the conviction of Evangelical Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani for apostasy by an Iranian court. Having refused three times to recant his adult...
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Iran Says Pastor’s Crime Not Apostasy, But Rape
More news this weekend on Yousef Nadarkhani, the Evangelical pastor Iran has sentenced to death for apostasy. The semi-official Fars news agency says that Nadarkhani is actually facing execution for...
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Sharia’h and the Exploitation of Natural Resources
Via Professor Howard Friedman: Nima Mersadi Tabari, Ph.D. candidate at the University of London’s Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, has timely posted The Sharia’h Dimension of the Persian Gulf’s...
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Osanloo on Gender, Honor, and Compensation in Iranian Criminal Sanctioning
Arzoo Osanloo (U. of Washington) has posted When Blood Has Spilled: Gender, Honor, and Compensation in Iranian Criminal Sanctioning. The abstract follows. NB: The full article is behind a pay wall....
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Larson, et al. (eds.), “Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law”
Next month, I.B. Tauris Publishers will publish Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Process edited by Lena Larsen, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Christian Moe and...
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Arjomand & Brown (eds.), “The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics...
Next month, SUNY Press will publish The Rule of Law, Islam, and Constitutional Politics in Egypt and Iran by Saïd Amir Arjomand (Stony Brook University, State University of New York) and Nathan J....
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Hegland, “Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village”
This month, Stanford University Press will publish Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village by Mary Elaine Hegland (University of Santa Clara). The publisher’s description follows....
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Rieffer-Flanagan, “Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in...
Early this year, Georgetown published Evolving Iran: An Introduction to Politics and Problems in the Islamic Republic, by Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan (Central Washington University). The publisher’s...
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Leverett & Leverett, “Going to Tehran: Why American Must Accept the Islamic...
This month, Macmillan will publish, Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran by Flynt Leverett and Hilary Mann Leverett. The publisher’s description follows. Less than a...
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Alizadeh & Hakimian (eds.), “Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism,...
Last month, Routledge published Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions edited by Parvin Alizadeh (Boston University) and Hassan Hakimian (University of London). The...
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Mozaffari, “Forming National Identity in Iran”
This month, I.B. Tauris released Forming National Identity in Iran, by Ali Mozaffari (University of Western Australia). The publisher’s description follows: Modern Iran is a country with two...
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“Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture, and Religion” (Cohen, ed.)
In March, Lexington Books will release “Identities in Crisis in Iran: Politics, Culture, and Religion” edited by Ronen A. Cohen (Ariel University, Israel). The publisher’s description follows:...
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Rahnema, “Shi’i Reformation in Iran”
This May, Ashgate Publishing will release “Shi’i Reformation in Iran: The Life and Theology of Shari’at Sangelaji” by Ali Rahnema (American University of Paris). The publisher’s description follows:...
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Kondo, “Islamic Law and Society in Iran”
In January, Routledge will release “Islamic Law and Society in Iran: A Social History of Tehran” by Nobuaki Kondo (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). The publisher’s description follows: This book...
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“Inside the Islamic Republic”(ed. Monshipouri)
In January, the Oxford University Press releases “Inside the Islamic Republic: Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran,” edited by Mahmood Monshipouri (San Francisco State University). The publisher’s...
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Ostovar, “Vanguard of the Imam”
Next month, the Oxford University Press will release “Vanguard of the Imam: Religion, Politics, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,” by Afshon Ostovar (Johns Hopkins University). The publisher’s...
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“The Arab World and Iran” (Saikal, ed.)
Next month, Palgrave Macmillan will release “The Arab World and Iran: A Turbulent Region in Transition,” edited by Amin Saikal (Australian National University). The publisher’s description follows:...
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Crone, “The Iranian Reception of Islam”
In June, Brill released “The Iranian Reception of Islam: The Non-Traditionalist Strands,” by Patricia Crone (Princeton University). The publisher’s description follows: Patricia Crone’s Collected...
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Ghamari-Tabrizi, “Foucault in Iran”
In August, the University of Minnesota Press will release “Foucault in Iran” by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). The publisher’s description follows: Were the...
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