Human rights in Iran: the abuse of cultural relativism
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. [395]-409 |
| Beschreibung: | XXIII, 409 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780812221398 |
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| adam_text | Contents
A Note on
Transliteration xiii
Preface
xv
Human
Rights Discourse
xv
Main Sources Used in This Book
xvii
UN Reports
xvii
Prison Memoirs and Their Significance
xviii
The Structure of the Book
xxi
Chapter
1.
Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse
1
Political Culture: Assuming the Failure of Secularization
1
The Islamic Republic Claims Cultural Exceptionalism
3
The Mirage of Cultural Authenticity
8
The Irrelevance of Cultural Relativism
10
Chapter
2.
The Shiite Theocracy
14
Institutionalizing the Shiite Theocracy: Velayat-e Faqih
15
Ruling the Contemporary State: The Limits of Islamic Law
19
Islamization of Society
20
Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the
1980s 22
Political Context of Human Rights Violations During the
1990s 23
The Two Faces of the Religious State Under President Rafsanjani
25
Muhammad Khatami s Presidency Since
1997 29
Chapter
3.
The Right to Life
33
Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs
33
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1980s 38
viii Contents
Monitoring
Violations:
The International Community During the
1990s 38
Executions for Drug Trafficking and Moral Crimes
40
Extrajudicial
Murders Outside Iran
42
Chapter
4.
The Right to Freedom from Torture
46
Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs
46
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1980s 52
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1990s 53
Chapter
5.
The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom
from Arbitrary Arrest
57
Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs
57
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1980s 61
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1990s 62
Insecurity in Public Spaces and Private Homes
64
Chapter
6.
The Right to a Fair Trial
68
Through the Prism of Prison Memoirs
69
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1980s 74
Monitoring Violations: The International Community During the
1990s 75
Chapter
7.
The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and
Religion
83
Political Prisons as the Microcosm of the Ideal Islamic Society
84
The Tawaban (Repentant Prisoners)
86
Imposition of the Black
Chador
92
A Deluge of Religious Incantations and Rituals
95
Prisoners and Their Islamic Educators
100
Chapter
8.
Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death: The Prison
Massacre of
1988 104
The Relative Calm Before the Storm,
1984-88 105
The Summer Massacre
108
A Painful Road to Release
117
Contents ix
Chapter
9.
The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion:
Iranian Religious Minorities
119
Iranians of the Baha i Faith
119
Killings of Baha i Leaders
121
Making Allegiance to the Baha i Faith More Difficult than Ever
Before
123
Sunni
Muslim Citizens
128
Citizens of Officially Recognized Religious Minorities
130
The Protected Are Unequal
132
Historical Predicament of Being Protected
134
Recent Converts to Protestant Denominations
139
Chapter
10.
Official Responses to the United Nations: Countering the
Charges of Violations in the
1980s 146
Politicization of the Process
147
Equivalency in Institutional Architecture and Formality of Written
Law
150
Preconditions for Cooperation
152
The Militant Groups
153
Iranian Baha is
156
Demanding Respect for Islamic
Différance
158
Chapter
11.
Change of Tactics After
Ayatollah
Khomeini s Death
163
New Diplomatic Initiatives
164
Presenting the Outlawed Political Groups as the Only Human Rights
Violators
167
Creating Nongovernmental Delegations and Groups
169
Chapter
12.
The Special Representative s Meetings with the Judiciary and
Security Officials
175
UN Visits to
Evin
Prison
175
Discussions Meetings with the Judiciary Officials
177
The Special Representative Remained Unconvinced
181
Chapter
13.
The Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the
Press
185
Political Context of the Violations
186
Targeting the Digar Andishan
188
Resurfacing of Islamic Reformism
189
We Are Writers
194
χ
Contents
The Chasm Separating Conservative Clerics and Secular
Intellectuals
196
Emerging Pattern of Violations During Rafsanjani s Presidency
200
Khatami s Presidency and the New Political Context
203
Rational Political Discourse De-legitimating Velayat-e Faqih and Revealing
Past Violations
205
Renewed Violations
208
The
Extrajudicial
Killings of the Digar Andishan
211
The Wholesale Banning of Reformist Newspapers and Magazines
215
Chapter
14.
The Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to
Freedom of Expression and the Press
217
The Death of Sa idi Sirjani
217
The Case of Faraj Sarkuhi
219
The Cases of Dissident
Ayatollahs
and Their Associates
224
The Cases of Mohsen Kadivar and
Abdullah
Nuri
229
Chapter
15.
The Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country
and to Peaceful Assembly and Association
233
The Extraconstitutional and Constitutional Exclusions
233
The Guardian Council s Abuse of Its Power
236
Open Protests Against Exclusionary Practices
239
Formation of New Political Groups and the Reformists Electoral
Victories
243
Chapter
16.
The Rights of Women
250
Discriminatory Laws and Practices Limiting Human Rights of All
Women
252
Women Fighting Back to Recover Lost Rights
253
The Absence of Secular Voices
260
Cultural Authenticity Revelling Secular, Emancipated Women
261
Violations of the Rights of Secular Women
268
Chapter
17.
UN Monitoring,
1984-2000:
Mixed Results
272
The Limitations of the UN Procedure
272
The Embarrassed Cultural Relativists
274
Governmental Human Rights Organizations
278
Enduring Diplomatic Habits of Denials and Misrepresentations
282
Contents xi
Conclusion
288
Respect
for Human Rights, a Precondition for Cultural
Discussions
288
The Islamic Republic Violates Rights Like Other States
291
Particular Curses of the Religious State
293
In Defense of State Secularism
297
Afterword
303
Notes
349
Selected Bibliography
395
Index
403
Acknowledgments
411
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