tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51383352009-02-21T16:21:15.988+01:00Iran and Middle East. Views from ItalyMarco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1076273760083745452004-02-08T21:56:00.000+01:002004-02-08T21:58:23.856+01:00

The "comment-thing" is working again. Now, I have no excuses. ;) The same for you. You gotta say something now!

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-107625072686305262004-02-08T15:32:00.000+01:002004-02-08T15:36:44.326+01:00

I'm sorry! This comment-thing doesn't work any more, and I lost Dara's comments and other guys comments...Plz anyone of you knowing something about this stuff, just send me a few lines by email! Besides that I don't even have time to blog, since I got 2 exams in a week! But I found something horrible to show you. I got it from LittleGreenFootballs... "The video you are about to watch is a rap

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075987123663485542004-02-05T14:18:00.000+01:002004-02-05T14:25:19.436+01:00

"By all standards of the modern world—economic development, literacy, scientific achievement—Muslim civilization, once a mighty enterprise, has fallen low. Many in the Middle East blame a variety of outside forces. But underlying much of the Muslim world's travail may be a simple lack of freedom". I found this article by Bernard Lewis on The Atlatic online. It seems to answer the question I was

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075899887855212762004-02-04T14:04:00.000+01:002004-02-04T14:18:06.576+01:00

Just to tell you I'm gonna add my e-mail on the left...or at least I'll try! ;) P.S.: a new e-mail just for my english-language readers!

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075853978149024602004-02-04T01:19:00.000+01:002004-02-04T01:25:56.106+01:00

I hope these few lines will make Ibn Khaldun's theory a little bit clearer... According to him there is only one effective method for government to increase its revenues, and that is "through the equitable treatment of people and property and regard for them" so that "they have the incentive to make their capital bear fruit and grow". His bottom line is found in the section title "Injustice

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075851509872433482004-02-04T00:38:00.000+01:002004-02-04T00:58:26.216+01:00

Have you ever heard about Ibn Khaldun? He was an arab historian living in the 14th century. Why am I talking about this guy? Cuz I read some lines of his work (Al Muqaddimah - the Introduction to History) and I think he has something to say about Muslim society. He would say something to all our actual opinionists/thinkers; he would say something to Boteach too! I'll try to be very-very brief,

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075632910394823002004-02-01T11:55:00.000+01:002004-02-01T11:59:08.153+01:00

Ok, my English is not that good. That's why I'll try to make brief posts, as clear as possible. First of all, I'm gonna highlight the part of the Boteach's article I want to talk about. [...] While the West was slogging its way through half a millennium of severe religious and intellectual repression, it was the Muslim world that shone brilliantly in advancing the world's knowledge. I am

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075588125759451952004-01-31T23:28:00.000+01:002004-01-31T23:33:25.716+01:00

AmericanGuy made a question. Are Muslims masochists? He was referring to an article by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. He writes: "The question of how the Arabs can tolerate such abuse is especially magnified in light of their having once been the most advanced people on earth." By now, I'll be short. I don't think Muslims are masochists. It's just to start talking about this; I assure you all, I'll be

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-1075584523583456302004-01-31T22:28:00.000+01:002004-01-31T23:34:37.403+01:00

Today it's not the best day to start. I know that. That doesn't mean this blog doesnt'have to live. I'm opening this blog also for all those guys in Iran that cannot talk. I'm not gonna talk on behalf of them; I don't like people who say they're talking on behalf of someone else. I'm gonna talk FOR them and, I hope, WITH them. "The mood of the students in the country's university campuses --

Marco Valeriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160972109079441006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5138335.post-903167462003-03-07T20:34:00.000+01:002004-01-31T22:59:48.733+01:00

Si comincia...IranWatch! [Translation] Iran.Watch...Let's roll!

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