Comments on: Iran’s Forgotten Revolution http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/ Politics and world events from a moderately liberal and conservative perspective Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michael van der Galiën http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8003 Michael van der Galiën Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:55:39 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8003 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Kevin Sullivan http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8002 Kevin Sullivan Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:43:13 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8002 You can read up on it. Google search "Iran and 1906". Also, a good book on the political history of the country called The Iranians by Sandra Mackey. I recommend it. You can read up on it. Google search “Iran and 1906″. Also, a good book on the political history of the country called The Iranians by Sandra Mackey. I recommend it.

]]> By: Michael van der Galiën http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8001 Michael van der Galiën Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:40:00 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/10/17/irans-forgotten-revolution/#comment-8001 I read this one earlier this evening, but just wanted to let you know now: great post. Thanks for publishing it. Very interesting this. How did you find out about this revolution? <blockquote>In rushing to emancipate and arm the masses of the Muslim world, we’ve skipped over a very crucial step. Save your moderates, dissidents and democrats, and show me the constitutionalists in the Muslim world. It’s in these activists that Western support has the greatest potential for success. Islam is not the problem, nor is gross commercialization the answer. Promote the religious benefits in a secular society, one which enumerates the rights of the individual, and you may find yourself on the right path to freedom and liberty in the Muslim world. This won’t be easy, as it would require that the clerics choose the secular over the Sharia. It would mean relinquishing their traditional role as the anointed jurists, and accept the notion that a society that protects the rights of all includes the rights of Muslims.</blockquote> I'll repeat myself: most Middle Eastern countries need an Atatürk of their own. I read this one earlier this evening, but just wanted to let you know now: great post. Thanks for publishing it. Very interesting this. How did you find out about this revolution?

In rushing to emancipate and arm the masses of the Muslim world, we’ve skipped over a very crucial step. Save your moderates, dissidents and democrats, and show me the constitutionalists in the Muslim world. It’s in these activists that Western support has the greatest potential for success. Islam is not the problem, nor is gross commercialization the answer. Promote the religious benefits in a secular society, one which enumerates the rights of the individual, and you may find yourself on the right path to freedom and liberty in the Muslim world.

This won’t be easy, as it would require that the clerics choose the secular over the Sharia. It would mean relinquishing their traditional role as the anointed jurists, and accept the notion that a society that protects the rights of all includes the rights of Muslims.

I’ll repeat myself: most Middle Eastern countries need an Atatürk of their own.

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