The Active Role of the Iranian Geo-strategy
The Persian Gulf as a ground for Hot Debate
Mahmoud Haidar
Director of the Delta Center for In-Depth Research – Beirut
Editor-in-chief of “Madarat Gharbiya” magazine – Beirut/Paris
©International Peace Studies Centre (IPSC)
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Any talk on and about Iran, 30 years after the Iranian Revolution, assumes raising the level of discussion to the status that this country occupies a heavy and influential place in international strategies.
This assumption will lead us to work on the Iranian geography considering that it is a vital field in and …
Let’s remind the Arab states that Israel is the arch enemy in the region, not Iran
Seyed G Safavi
International Peace Studies Centre (IPSC)
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The West’s efforts to portray Iran as the arch enemy are aimed at creating discord among regional states. At present, most Arab states have taken refuge with the US and even Israel to escape the (so-called) threat posed by Iran. In addition to having dangerous results, this move poses a serious threat to regional peace, security, and stability. Many …
Perfect Man in Rumi’s Perspective1
Dr Seyed G Safavi
philosophy@iranianstudies.org
London Academy of Iranian Studies – SOAS, University of London
23rd to 27th of June, FIDEM 2009 – Palermo, Italy
Abstract:
This article seeks to clarify the perspective of Rumi (1207-1273), who is one of the greatest Persian and Muslim Sufi poets of all time, on some of the dimensions of ‘Perfect Man’. These include: 1) ‘his position in existence’; 2) ‘his attributes’ and; 3) ‘the mutual relations between Perfect Man and the spiritual wayfarer’. …
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Rumi and Mulla Sadra on Theoretical and Practical Reason
By Prof. Seyed G Safavi
London Academy of Iranian Studies
philosophy@iranianstudies.org
www.iranianstudies.org
SIEPM, XII International Congress of Medieval Philosophy,
Palermo, Italy, 16-22 September 2007
Abstract
Rumi (1207-1273) great Persian sage has used around 34 terms on Reason in his masterpiece Mathnawi that may be categorised into 3 main types:
1- Meta Theoretical and Practical Reason, which are Universal Reason and First Reason.
2- Theoretical Reason, which is for perception …
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