Archiv für den Tag 13. Juni 2012
MIGAZIN: GEWALTENTEILUNG – Verhindert Scharia Machtmissbrauch?
von Khadija Katja Wöhler-Khalfallah
An Sayyid Qutb, dem ägyptischen Muslimbruder und Idol der Dschihadisten, lässt sich am besten aufzeigen, was sich die Adepten eines absoluten Kalifats, das den Gesetzen der Scharia uneingeschränkt Rechnung trägt, im 21. Jahrhundert erhoffen.
Qutb war der Meinung, der Mensch dürfe nur Gott dienen und die Menschen dürften einander nicht zu Herren nehmen anstelle von Gott. Wie besessen wiederholt Qutb in seiner gerade für Anhänger des Dschihad zentralen Schrift „Zeichen auf dem Weg“ den Gedanken, dass die Unterdrückung des Menschen durch andere Menschen bzw. die Dienerschaft einiger Menschen zu anderen abgeschafft werden müsse und dass dies nur möglich werde, wenn den göttlichen Gesetzen Geltung verschafft werde. Dazu sagt er: „Das Königtum Gottes auf der Erde besteht nicht darin, dass bestimmte Menschen selbst, nämlich die religiösen Autoritäten – die Souveränität (hakimiyya) ausüben, wie es in der weltlichen Macht der christlichen Kirche der Fall ist. Es besteht auch nicht darin, dass Menschen im Namen der Götter sprechen wie in jener Herrschaftsform, die als Theokratie oder Gottkönigtum beschrieben wird. Das Königtum Gottes besteht vielmehr darin, dass das Gesetz Gottes (schariat Allah) die Souveränität ausübt (hiya al-hakima) und dass die Entscheidung Gott überlassen wird gemäß dem klaren Gesetz, das er festgesetzt hat.“ (Zitiert in: Andreas Meier (Hrsg.), Der politische Auftrag des Islam, Wuppertal 1994)
Doch was der um soziale Gerechtigkeit beseelte Qutb, wie viele seiner Anhänger und Adepten seiner und verwandter Bewegungen übersehen, ist der Umstand, dass Gott nicht selbst die Herrschaft auf Erden übernimmt, sondern, dass es am Ende auch nur Menschen sein werden, die die angebliche Botschaft Gottes auslegen werden. Und hier gibt es viele Gründe, misstrauisch ob der Qualität und Ausrichtung dieser Auslegungsarbeit zu sein. Zum einen das verheerende Niveau der Ausbildung eines muslimischen Religionsgelehrten in der heutigen Zeit und die Tatsache, dass ein Religionsgelehrter auch nur ein Mensch ist, der am Ende der Macht, dem Ruhm oder dem Geld verfallen kann. Wirklich integre Personen gibt es durchaus doch viel zu selten. Darauf also ohne Absicherung zu setzen, kommt einem Roulettespiel gleich. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Alikhani, Ahmadi, Matinpour, Saghar, Ghorbanpour, Jalalifar: Prisoners of the day
Six in solitary cells following protest at Evin
ICHRI: On the third anniversary of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, today 50 prisoners of conscience refused to go to Evin Prison’s visitation hall in order to protest the treatment of prisoners at Evin. A source close to families of prisoners told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that consequently, six prisoners by the names of Javad Alikhani, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Saeed Matinpour, Arash Saghar, Farshad Ghorbanpour, and Saeed Jalalifar were transferred to Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison. The sources told the Campaign that they are concerned about the way the intelligence forces may treat or confront these prisoners.
Families of prisoners believe that transfer of these six political prisoners from General Ward 350 to Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 is illegal, as the six prisoners are currently serving their finalized prison terms. According to the said sources, a group of political prisoners inside Ward 350 has been on a political fast over the past three days in order to protest lack of investigation into the death of Hoda Saber, a political prisoner who died in prison on 10 June 2011 in the absence of medical attention. The source close to families of political prisoners told the Campaign that the political fasting among the prisoners may continue to commemorate the anniversary of Hoda Saber’s passing and also the anniversary of post-election public protests, known as “the Green Movement.”
The source told the Campaign that the six prisoners were transferred to Ward 209 because security authorities thought them influential in holding a ceremony inside Ward 350′s yard, in which political prisoners gave speeches and sang songs. According to sources, Police Special Forces stormed the ceremony with suppression gear such as sticks, ended the ceremony, and transferred the six inmates to solitary confinement. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
16 Iranian opposition groups express support for Syrian uprising
Sixteen Iranian opposition groups have expressed their indignation at the Syrian regime’s ongoing onslaught against pro-democracy protests.
“[W]e, like many others in the world, have been saddened by the tragedies of Darra, Homs, and Hama; we are horrified by the massacre of more than ten thousand Syrian citizens by Assad’s brutal regime, and we salute you and your resistance,” the groups said in joint a statement.
“What makes the tragedies of Syria even more painful for many Iranians is the full partnership of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the regime of Bashar al-Assad,” they added. “The similarities of the tracing methods, the suppression techniques, the identical operational tactics used against the civilian protesters by pro-government Shabiha militia in Syria and by Basij militia in Iran, and the online tracking of Syrian activists are but a few of the numerous signs that warn us of the involvement of Iranian regime with the Assad regime.”
The statement also accused Iranian authorities of exploiting religious convictions in suppressing its citizens. “The Iranian government suppresses its Shia and non-Shia citizens by exploiting Shias’ religious beliefs inside Iran. Outside of Iran, in the name of Islam and under the pretense of defending Muslims, the Iranian regime pretends to support people of Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan.”
The organisation also called “on the people of Syria to prevent Assad’s regime from spreading ethnic and religious divisions among them. We hope that after fall of Assad, Syria will become a country in which all citizens are equal without any ethnic or religious discrimination.”
Recently, the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest decision-making authority, condemned the upsurge of violence in Syria and warned that the Syrian regime’s increasingly brutal crackdown on protesters could pave the way for yet another foreign intervention in the Middle East. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Hillary Clinton and Shimon Peres on Iran
On June 12, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Israeli President Shimon Peres held a public discussion in Washington on critical Middle East issues to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center. The following is an excerpt about Iran from their discussion, which was moderated by Brookings Vice President Martin Indyk.
Young Iranians must employ complicated and creative behaviour to navigate around restrictions on their private lives, says journalist Kamin Mohammadi.
Iran, in her long history, has been no stranger to repression and dictatorship, mostly from invaders. Iranians quickly developed the habit of thriving when times are tough, of somehow finding a way around the obstacles.
We are long used to not being direct, to never approaching things straight. We have learnt to shimmy our ways around obstacles, and to approach fulfilling the simplest desires of life with creativity and imagination.
Nowhere is this creativity and imagination more obvious that in the relations governing men and women. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran must not execute five Arab minority prisoners: Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International
The Iranian authorities must immediately overturn the death sentences of five members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority who were tried unfairly and may face imminent public execution, Amnesty International said after the prisoners were moved to an unknown location at the weekend.
The men were transferred out of the general section of Karoun Prison in the south-western city of Ahvaz on Saturday, prompting concerns their death sentences may be about to be carried out.
The group includes three brothers, Abd al-Rahman Heidari, Taha Heidari and Jamshid Heidari, their cousin Mansour Heidari and Amir Muawi.
All five were arrested in April 2011 amid unrest in Khuzestan province – where most of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority lives – and were later convicted of moharebeh (“enmity against God”) for killing a law enforcement official.
“Iran must urgently halt any plans to execute these five Ahwazi men. The death sentences of all who languish on death row in Iranian prisons should be overturned or commuted,” said Ann Harrison, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International.
“Their families must be informed immediately of their whereabouts and fate, and they should be allowed access to lawyers of their choice. While held, they must be protected from all forms of torture or other ill-treatment and granted all necessary medical care.”
Death row prisoners are generally transferred to solitary confinement shortly before their executions take place. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Women Attending Concert In Tehran Arrested By Morality Police
Report by Radio Zamaneh; photos by Abdolvahed Mirzazadeh, ISNA
Scores of women who wanted to attend a concert at Milad Tower in Tehran on Monday were arrested by police. ISNA reports that the arrests are connected with the implementation of a plan to deal severely with women who dress “inappropriately” in public places, adding that a famous actress was also arrested on similar grounds.
The report indicates that an Iranian actress with the initials L.A. was on her way to attend a music concert when the morality police spotted her and arrested her.
Ahmadreza Radan, the deputy police chief, confirmed that the police have stopped women who were not adhering to “hijab” (accepted Islamic attire), saying: “The police will not allow programs and fairs in which hijab and morality are not observed.”
Remember Iran Flashback: “How Not to Cover Iran’s Elections — The Awards Ceremony” (12 June 2009)
On Tuesday, we profiled our first entry in the competition to write the worst story about Iran’s Presidential election: Colin Freeman’s effort, for The Daily Telegraph of London to turn the campaign into a “a rock gig moshpit” and “a World Wrestling Federation grudge match” and to make over President Ahmadinejad as a member of The Sex Pistols.
We could not have anticipated the flood of entries that would follow. Each time, we thought the bottom had been reached, an intrepid reporter or commentator would take the bar lower. So, without further ado, the ultimate in Bad Election Journalism:
THE OPENING ENTRY
The Daily Telegraph: It’s All About the Sex Pistols
A jaw-droppingly awful “atmosphere” piece by Colin Freeman, a reporter for The Daily Telegraph of London who attended an Ahmadinejad rally.
There is no analysis of worth here — Freeman doesn’t even mention any of the other candidates — merely a series of cultural “translations” to make these wacky Iranians and their wackier President accessible to British and “Western” readers:
“The jostling crowds of a rock gig moshpit, and the carefully choreographed build-up of a World Wrestling Federation grudge match….Rather like promoters for the Rolling Stones or the late James Brown, the president’s aides like to keep his fans waiting….One speaker yelled with razzmatazz worthy of TV darts presenter Sid Waddell” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Remember Iran: A Preview of the Presidential Election (11 June 2009)
Mir Hossein Mousavi with Al Jazeera English, 11 June 2009
Although EA WorldView has tested Live Coverage in December 2008/January 2009 for news and analysis of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, we had not yet established it as a feature of the website, still centred — as “Enduring America” — on evaluation of US foreign policy.
On Election Day in Iran, we featured Al Jazeera English’s interview of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi(see top of entry) and President Ahmadinejad’s final campaign message. We had a light-hearted profile of how the “Western” media were presenting the campaign, re-posted today. And we offered this glance for the present and the future:
On 12 February, EA’s Chris Emery evaluated the announcement of former President Mohammad Khatami that he would stand in June’s election. He wrote, “[It is] an error…to link Khatami’s entry to the tentative prospect of normalised relations between Iran and the US,” and focused on internal dynamics of Iranian politics: “It had been widely reported that Khatami would not run if former Prime Minister Mir-Hussein Mousavi chose to….So all Iranian eyes will now watch if Mousavi, another popular reformist, is now the one to withdraw.”
Three months later, and 24 hours before Iranians cast their votes in the first round of the Presidential election, I read Chris’ piece with pride. He was half-right on the issue of the potential challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — it was Khatami who withdrew, leaving Mousavi in the race — but months before many “Western” journalists and analysts noticed the campaign or dismissed it out-of-hand (only yesterday Thomas Friedman cast it aside as a “pretend election”), Chris saw its significance. This would not be a procession for the re-election of Ahmadinejad or a charade for Supreme Leader Khamenei to hand-pick a winner but a political space for Iranians to consider their political and economic present and future. Equally important, he got to the core of the issues that would shape the outcome: “It will be over presidential legacies and broken promises.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Remember Iran: A Day That Changed the Country, the Region, and the Media
I have absolutely no memory of 12 June 2009. Three years later, I count that date as a line in the sands of time, changing the country, the Middle East, the media, and my life.
Sometime in late May or early June, I was driving home from my work as a teacher. Stuck in traffic, I was listening to National Public Radio in a desperate attempt to reactivate my exhausted brain. As the cycle of headlines ended, a story captured my attention. Apparently, Iran was preparing for elections.
That was slightly interesting to me. Far more interesting, however, was the belief of several of the experts consulted by NPR that a reformist candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was gathering considerable momentum and could be Iran’s next President. The analysts explained that most Iranians were young, unemployed, over-educated for their positions, and yearning for a better life than what their regime had given them. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Remember Iran – Special
Tehran, 15 June 2009
Three years ago, in an atmosphere of excitement and expectation, Iranians went to the polls to select their President. Within 72 hours, that election became a catalyst for protest, anger, hope, and impassioned debate not only about the outcome but about the course of the Islamic Republic.
Beginning today and for the next two weeks, EA WorldView — which began its Iran Live Coverage on 13 June 2009 — will be carrying a series of articles and reflections about those events. We will be re-posting our original entries while considering what has and has not changed and what is yet to come.
We begin this morning with James Miller’s reflections on 12 June 2009, Election Day, “A Day That Changed the Country, the Region, and the Media“. We also have two articles that we posted at the time, “A Preview of the Presidential Election” and “How Not to Cover Iran’s Elections — The Awards Ceremony“.
Source: EA World
The Latest from Iran (13 June): The Reformists and the Next Election
0520 GMT: After the disputed Presidential elections of 2009, Iran’s reformists have been battered. Most of their leading figures are detained, under house arrest, or intimidated into silence. Their organisations and communications have been broken by regime measures and surveillance. Their official representation in Parliament has been reduced to a token presence.
Yet there are still reformist politicians trying to find a way back within the system. Consider this week’s statement to acttivists by Abdollah Nouri, Minister of Interior in the Khatami Goverment.
Nouri held up the activities of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, both candidates in the 2009 election and both under house arrest since February 2011, as legal while considering the repression by the regime:
It is still not clear to us why, immediately after the Presidential election of 2009, a large group of political, university and media activists, including prominent members of political parties and reformist groups, were arrested through bizarre methods, why an atmosphere of terror was created and security approaches were implemented, and why reform leaders continue to remain behind bars three years after those events. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Abjeez – Biyaa/Come On from Azadi: Songs of Freedom for Iran by United for Iran
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Abjeez – Abjee is Persian slang for “sister,” and that’s what Safoura and Melody Safavi are – together with four musicians and a sound engineer they make up a world pop band that aims to break down cultural barriers and stereotypes by singing in Persian, English, Swedish, and Spanish. Their song “Biyaa” was the first original song recorded in support of the Green Movement in Iran. It was made during the 2009 presidential elections and was released on June 20th, 2009 (the same day that Neda Aghasoltan was brutally shot to death in a Tehran Street). Abjeez have made several songs to support the struggle of the Iranian people for their freedom, which will be released in their upcoming album. abjeez.com
آبجيز- آبجي اصطلاحي که براي واژه ي”خواهر” به کار برده مي شود، نام يک گروه موسيقي پاپ است که صفورا و ملودي صفوي، به همراه چهار آهنگ ساز ديگر و يک مهندس صدا، تشکيل داده اند. با اين هدف که با خواندن ترانه هاي فارسي، انگليسي، سوئدي، و اسپانيايي کليشه ها وموانع فرهنگي را درهم بشکنند. ترانه ي “بيا” اولين آهنگي بود که آنها در حمايت از جنبش سبز در ايران ضبط کردند. اين آهنگ در هنگامه ي انتخابات رياست جمهوري سال 1388 ساخته شد و در روز 30 خرداد سال 1388 (در همان روزي که ندا آقا سلطان بيرحمانه و با شليک گلوله اي در خيابان هاي تهران کشته شد) منتشر شد. آبجيز در پشتيباني از مبارزات آزادي خواهانه مردم ايران چندين آهنگ ساخته است که در آلبوم آتي آنان منتشر خواهد شد. براي اطلاعات بيشتر به اين آدرس مراجعه کنيد:
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تفنگت را زمين بگذار، قلبت را باز کن. جنگ را ادامه نده، ما يکي هستيم.
Lay down your weapons, Open your hearts, No more fighting, We are one.
بيا، يک بار و براي هميشه به ما بپيوند، بيا صادق باشيم، بيا بر مدار راستي بايستيم
به نيروي عشق بپيوند و ببين، که چه ها آنجا در انتظار توست!
Come on, join us once and for all, let’s be honest, let’s be true
Join the force of love and see, what’s in there waiting for you!
حتي در ميادين کشتي، مردان ما مدارا مي کنند
پابرهنه، با پارچه اي بسته به دور کمر، با مردان هم وزن خود هماوردي مي کنند
Even in the wrestling rings, our men tend to tolerate
Barefooted, with a waist-cloth, wrestling men of the same weight
تو مي آيي با تني پوشيده از محافظ، در حالي که با خود زنجير و چماق حمل مي کني، و صورتت را با ماسک پوشانده اي
آفرين بر تو اي برادر، چه پهلواني! و من مي پرسم اين چيزي است که تو بر آن نام شجاعت نهاده اي؟
You walk with your kneeguards; carrying chains and clubs, wearing a mask
Well done brother, what a champ! Is that what you call bravery I ask?
آسان است که تعقيب و گريز راه بياندازي، بکشي و بسوزاني، نابود کني و به فرار وادار کني
گويا خدا نمي تواند باز بشناسد، چهره اي را که به سختي پوشانيده و پنهان شده است!
It’s easy to strike and brake, kill and burn, destroy and chase
I guess God can’t recognize, a properly hidden face!
بيا، يک بار و براي هميشه به ما بپيوند، بيا صادق باشيم، بيا بر مدار راستي بايستيم
به نيروي عشق بپيوند و ببين، که چه ها آنجا در انتظار توست!
Come on, join us once and for all, let’s be honest, let’s be true
Join the force of love and see, what’s in there waiting for you!
ادامه بده، بزن و بکش، بگذار ببينيم چقدر به درازا خواهد کشيد
قبل از آنکه قلبت، قلبي که به آن خيانت کرده اي، ذوب شود و از تپش بازايستد
Go on hit and kill, let’s see how long it takes,
Before your betrayed heart, melts down and brakes!
بگذار ببينيم که دست هايت چه زماني از تعصب ات احساس شرمندگي خواهند کرد
بگذار ببينيم که روح مورد خيانت قرار گرفته ات چه وقت بيدار خواهد شد و التيام را آغازيدن خواهد کرد
Let’s see when your hands will feel ashamed of your own zeal
Let’s see when your betrayed soul will wake up and start to heal
نگران نباشيد، شما هم از خاک اين مرز و بوم ايد
نقاب را از صورت برداريد، نور و روشنايي را ببينيد و دست مرا بگيريد
Don’t worry, you too are the “dust and mote” of this land
Unmask your face, see the light, see the truth and take my hand
ترحم و دلسوزي ما را احساس کنيد، اتحاد هم اکنون ما را فرامي خواند
قدرت عشق والاتر از عشق به قدرت است
Feel the compassion, unity calls at this hour
The power of love is higher than the love of power!
بيا، يک بار و براي هميشه به ما بپيوند، بيا صادق باشيم، بيا بر مدار راستي بياستيم
به نيروي عشق بپيوند و ببين، که چه ها آنجا در انتظار توست!
Come on, join us once and for all, let’s be honest, let’s be true
Join the force of love and see, what’s in there waiting for you!
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3sat: Iran: Die Stadt in der Wüste
Ein Drittel des Irans ist Wüste. Im Süden des Landes, an einem der großen Karawanenwege, die durch die Zentralwüste führen, liegt die alte Wüstenstadt Bam. Es ist eine der heißesten Regionen des Landes: Im Sommer werden dort tagsüber bis zu 56 Grad im Schatten gemessen, nachts sinkt die Temperatur auf zehn Grad.
Das alte Bam ist auf einer bizarren Felsenformation errichtet, die Zitadelle der Stadt galt schon im Mittelalter als uneinnehmbar. Die Menschen haben ihre Lebensweise dem harten Klima angepasst. Sie pflegen die alten Bräuche aus der Zeit, als kriegerische Nomadenstämme die Region beherrschten – denn sehr viel hat sich seither in ihrem Leben nicht verändert. So werden noch heute die alten Signaltürme gewartet, die einst den Karawanen den Weg durch die Wüste zeigten. Per Wahl bestimmen die Oasenbewohner einen aus ihrer Mitte zum Wächter über das Wasser der Gemeinde, eine Vertrauensposition.
Die Dokumentation “Iran: Die Stadt in der Wüste” stellt Bam und das Leben seiner Bewohner vor.
Donnerstag, 14.06.2012 – 14:00 Uhr
AZADI: Songs of Freedom for Iran – On the anniversary of the 2009 uprising, honoring the ongoing struggle
We are thrilled to announce the release of the Azadi: Songs of Freedom for Iran, a free downloadable mixtape album with messages of resistance and inspiration for Iranians continuing to push for democracy and human rights.
Musicians from countries including Iran, Egypt, Libya, South Africa, U.S., Turkey, Palestine and Iraq have contributed solidarity songs that United for Iran, in collaboration with DJ Child of Project Groundation, have mixed to produce an album now available for download! Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
UANI Calls on Creativity Software to Stop Selling Technology to Iran That Facilitates Oppression, Cut Ties to MTN
New York, NY - On Tuesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on the British telecommunications firm Creativity Software to end its business with Iran and cut its ties to MTN Irancell.
Creativity has done business in Iran through a partnership with the regime-controlled MTN Irancell, a firm known to illegally monitor and track Iranian citizens. In 2011, Creativity reportedly sold MTN Irancell a location-tracking system that can track a target’s movement every 15 seconds and plot the locations on a map.
UANI contacted Creativity on April 13, 2012, outlining its concerns and asking Creativity to “end its business activities in Iran, particularly in light of the fact that technology provided by Creativity is being used to perpetrate terrible crimes against the people of Iran.”
In response, Creativity stated to UANI that it “opposes any form of repression,” yet will continue to do business in Iran. Said Creativity CEO Richard Lee: “Any connection implied between technology supplied by CS and any alleged human rights abuses in Iran is erroneous.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
