Islam u0027s Reformist Tradition

Reformist parties boycotted the vote.

The two frontrunners to succeed him, Dominique de Villepin and Nicolas Sarkozy, both in government, compete on a reformist agenda, but pre election years do not encourage bold moves.

Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former reformist Iranian vice president, says

But the centrist reformist axis swung into action with pinpoint timing.

The liberal, democratic reformist movement among Arabs is here to stay.

The reformist option fully accepts the internationalization of today s market economy.

Ham Mihan (Compatriot), a pro reformist journal was banned on 3 July.

Turkmenistan s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has repeatedly and publicly announced his reformist intentions.

With the centrist and reformist camps united behind him, Rowhani surged to victory.

Esmailzadeh used to write a blog about culture, Botimar, and was a reformist.

This is also why 70 voted for Mohammed Khatami, the reformist president, in 1997.

The truth is that any fiscally driven recovery policy is bound to have reformist implications.

Here he gets a helping hand from party politicians, because the reformist parties inspire little confidence.

They also wrote he had done the same thing at a previous president, reformist Mohammad Khatami.

Back then, Mao s Cultural Revolution had forced large numbers of his revolutionary comrades onto a reformist path.

The international left has opted for a reformist course, including, where necessary, coalition governments with centrist partners.

With a reformist regime in La Paz, it is difficult not to expect tensions with the Bush administration.

Mashai is among Iran s most controversial figures, widely reviled among conservative leaders for his reformist, anti clerical views.

Reformist newspaper Fahreekhtegan runs a front page dedicated to one of the victims of the attack, Soheila Jowrkesh.

Reformist critics believe that in order to mobilize people it will not be enough just to campaign against Ahmadinejad.

The Soviet Union s collapse, it should be remembered, was not the result of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev s reformist betrayal.

Pro regime forces attacked Ghoba mosque in Shiraz while a pro reformist religious leader delivered a speech and prayed.

A few days ago, al Hamid called upon people to attend the hearing session and many reformist figures did.

Another reformist newpspaper, Fahreekhtegan, ran a notable front page with one of the victims of the attacks, Soheila Jowrkesh.

Most worrying, the crisis has challenged the very idea of European integration. Thus, we will be able to advance a reformist agenda only if we have a convincing narrative that explains why we need Europe and why it serves the interests of current and future generations.

Among the reformists now in the race, Mehdi Karrobi, the former speaker of the Majlis is a declared reformist candidate.

The Guardian Council's barring of over 2,000 mostly reformist candidates from participating in the parliamentary elections was the last straw.

Actually, from the 19th century on, there's a whole revisionist, reformist whatever you call it tradition, a trend in Islamic thinking.

A few months before the election, neither of the two main political currents, conservative and reformist, has settled on its candidate.

The heroes of the second group are reformist finance or economy ministers such as India s Manmohan Singh or Brazil s Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

The efforts of reformist governments in the region to integrate such movements into the public sphere have been dealt a severe blow.

Turkmenistan s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has repeatedly and publicly announced his reformist intentions. The world needs to welcome this possibility and back his efforts.

Iran has tried two political approaches in the last ten years a reformist model, under President Mohamed Khatami, and hardline radicalism, under Ahmadinejad.

At roughly the same time, five prominent opposition intellectuals living in exile released a reformist, not revolutionary, manifesto directed against the despotic guardians.

Saudi prominent Islamist reformist Abdullah al Hamid said Abubelal_1951 Khaled Al Johani is a knight that exposed the hidden repression with one stand.

The reformist viewpoint was introduced into Marxist thought by Eduard Bernstein, one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

But back in 2001, Iran s government, led by reformist President Mohammad Khatami, essentially consented to the US invasion of Afghanistan, even providing discreet assistance.

Today, according to the reformist neo liberal Iranian academic Sadegh Zibakalam, there are several others, including Turkish Azerbaijanis, Sunni Muslims, Baluchis and Ahwazi Arabs.

The reformist Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov and Anatoly Chubais, destroyed itself last December, failing to gain a seat in the Duma.

When Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, Israel should have gone out of its way to strengthen him and his reformist team.

A strong student association such as Tahkim Vahdat, contrary to four years ago, supports a reformist candidate, Mehdi Karoubi and calls for voting for change.

The liberal bull it about the supposedly pro Western reformist Moussavi supposedly pulling an upset victory over the supposedly retrograde Ahmedinejad doesn't make much sense.

But, while this was reflected in reformist trends in the country s wider political life, a movement toward militant fundamentalism took shape within the regime s power structure.

For example, Hu has decided to honor the memory of his mentor, former General Secretary Hu Yaobang, in order to burnish his aura as a reformist.